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Sequence of Events Oil Sectors officers Wage Hike

S. No. Date Event Outcome

1 Jan 06 Demand for 50% DA Merger w.e.f.01.01.2005 inline with Central Govt.Employees

NIL

2 May 06 Call for Direct Agitation from 29.05.2006 Strike postponed with

intervention of Ministry-Verbal Assurance- NO

Outcome

3 Sept06 Strike Call on 05.09.06 Called off on Assurance

by Honble

Primeminister to giveSpecial Dispensation to

Oil Sector as well 50%DA Merger w.e.f.01.01.05 Nothing

Done Again

4 30.11.06 Pay Revision Committee by Justice MJ Raoformed.

5 Studied Conducted by SCOPE and Oilcompanies through M/s Merecer Consultants

and M/s Hewitt Associates respectively.

6 16.04.07 Presentation by OSOA to Justice MJ Rao

Committee

7 30.05.08 Submission of Recommendation by Justice MJRao Committee

8 28.08.08 Letter to MOP&NG to expedite the payrevision process and a hearing to put forth our

grievances

No Response from

Ministry

9 03.09.08 Request for meeting with Honble Minister of

State for Heavy Industries and Public

Enterprises, for appraising him about thegrievances of Oil Sector Officers.

No Response from

Ministry

10 19.09.08 Again Requested Honble Minister MOP&NG

for hearing

No Response from

Ministry

11 19.09.08 Met Sh. R. Bandhopadhyay, Secretary DPEfor submission of our report on paycommittee.

12 24.09.08 Met Honble Minister of State for Agriculture,Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

who wrote a letter to Honble Minister

MOP&NG on that day itself.

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13. 29.09.08 OSOA Issued strike Notice for Strike from

21.10.08

14 Committee of Secretaries (COS) within one

month with only two meetings firm up theirrecommendations with drastic basic changes

in the PRC report. This very adversely affectsmost of the oil Cos. who were categorized asA+ category in PRC report.

15 15.10.08 Dialogue with Addl. Secretary MOP&NG and

Addl. Secretary F&A-MOP&NG - Noconcrete proposal.

Strike deferred till

18.11.08

16 17.11.08 OSOA decided to continue agitation againstthe report w.e.f 18.11.08. But after a very firm

assurance from Honble Ministers of Heavy

Industries and Public Enterprises andMOP&NG that all the demands will be taken

in cabinet on 20.11.08.

OSOA again withdrawsand defers it till02.12.08.

17 20.11.08 The cabinet approves the representation of

COS without any amendments in total betrayal

to the assurances given by the two ministers.

OSOA felt pained and

cheated.

18 29.11.08 The agitation from 02.12.08 was withdrawn in

view of Mumbai Terrorist attack .Agitation withdrawn.

19 05.12.08 Committee of Director(HR) of Oil PSUs sent

their recommendation to MOP&NG, which

did not get any favorable response from theministry.

The call for agitation

was again given for

07.01.09, if the demandsare not met by 31.12.08.

20 No action by MOP&NG to resolve the issue,

instead threats received for the strike action.06.01.09 Expected a call from Ministry so that issues

can be discussed and matter can be settledamicably. No call for talks from the ministry.

Forced oil executives to

start strike from07.01.09.

07.01.09 The government without making effort toinitiate dialogue process to resolve the issues

imposed ESMA & disciplinary actions were

inflicted. However, in the evening, HonorableSh. Murli Deora did make efforts to open the

dialogue process but deployment of heavy

police deployment at the meeting place scared

us away and no dialogues could take place.

Strike Continued

08.01.09 With our own initiative we tried to open

dialogues with Oil CMDs with a view to endthe strike. This resulted in a meeting with

them at about 1200 hrs at IOCL office Noida

but unfortunately when we were about toreach a settlement, police raided the place and

we had to rush out without reaching any

The Honble Minister

instead of assuring,stated that he will get a

mandate from Honble

Prime Minister on09.01.2009.

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conclusion. Meanwhile we continued

dialogues with CMDs and Honble MOP&NGwhich resulted in a meeting at IOC Colony at

Noida, where we again requested for

resolution of at least a few if not all points for

an honorable settlement.09.01.09 Right from the morning, we tried to contact

Honble Minister MOP&NG in vain. When it

became clear that government is not in favor

of bringing about any solution, and the public

had started facing hardships we decided to calloff the strike on our own in the after noon,

however we had no means to convey the same

to the authorities till about 5 p.m. when wecould get in touch with CMDs and then with

the Honble Minister MOP&NG.

Strike Called Off.

We had no intention of causing discomfort to the public & had ensured that all our RetailOutlets & LPG godowns are topped up before commencing our agitation on 07.01.09. Our

outlets have enough tankage to tide over minimum five days but probably the signals

regarding downward price revision deterred the dealers/distributors from storing product tocapacity despite our instructions & intentions.

The oil company officers have been faithfully serving this country in hail & storm. We haveensured that energy needs of the public & industry are taken care of without any disruption.

The brightest minds of this country are serving the Oil Sector & are fully committed to the

nation. The biggest testimony of our loyalty could be witnessed during the Kargil war whereour officers stood with our soldiers on the frontline ensuring uninterrupted supply of fuel.

Even during the Mumbai terror strike regardless of personal safety our officers were out dayand night only to see that the common public is not further put to inconvenience.We man stations from Leh to Port Blair in extreme adverse conditions only to see that the

public needs are fulfilled. The officers working offshore on the rigs do not get to see the faces

of their family for months together. There are hardly 10% of the officers who get to sit in air

conditioned rooms contrary to what was portrayed by the Media.