The unions claim that the recommended pay hike was the lowest in the last 70 years.
The government's attempt to avert the strike called by the central government employees' unions on July 11 against the provisions of the 7th Pay Commission have succeeded. In a late night development, the unions announced that their strike call will be on hold for 4 months.
The unions' decision came after the government announced that a high-level committee will be formed to address their complaints
Last week, the representatives of the unions had met the Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu.
The convenor of the National Joint Council of Action of the unions, Shiv Mishra, said: "A decision has been taken to defer the strike for 4 months as the government will ask a committee to look into our demands."
The unions had requested that certain issues raised by them regarding pay scales and other recommendations of the Pay Commission be allowed to be raised before a Committee of Secretaries looking into different aspects of grievances of employees.
The ministers assured the union leaders that the issues raised by them would be considered by a high-level committee.
The National Joint Council of Action of Central government employees' unions which includes Railways, Post and Telegraph and Defence had announced an indefinite strike from Monday against the "unilateral" announcement of the Central government on implementation of 7th Pay Commission's awards.
Several employees' unions had extended support to the proposed strike call by NJCA.
The unions claim that the recommended pay hike was the lowest in the last 70 years and that the award was not discussed with them.