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Joint Council to hold marches on July 1 demanding measures for 12th pay revision
The Joint Council, the CPI service organisation, has announced marches to the Secretariat and the district headquarters on July 1 demanding the LDF government to kick off the process for pay revision of government employees.
Pointing out that the State government has, as a 'model employer,' the duty to ensure the welfare of government employees, the Joint Council has urged the State government to implement the pay revision with effect from July 1, 2024.
The term of the 11th Pay Commission, whose recommendations were implemented in 2021, had ended on June 30, 2024.
The Joint Council noted that the pay revision every five years was implemented by the C. Achutha Menon government in 1973. The first revision came five years later in 1978. All Communist governments in Kerala since then have followed the five-year model, while the Congress-led governments have sought to make it a matter of dispute, the Joint Council said.
The Joint Council is organising protest marches as the LDF government is yet to form the 12th Pay Revision Commission and launch the procedures for the new pay revision.
Joint Council general secretary K.P. Gopakumar will inaugurate the Secretariat march on July 1.
