Wednesday 30 January 2013

EDITORIAL Postal crusader february-2013

WE ARE NOT going to surrender.

Join the two daYs strike on February 20& 21

We, the Postal employees, have a proud and inspiring history of participating in the freedom struggle of our country against the British imperialism and in the post-independent India against the onslaughts of the retrograde policies of the Government of India. Many of our leaders and comrades have sacrificed their life for the cause of the coming generation. Job security, wages, pension and other service benefits are all the outcome of the struggle and sacrifice of hundreds and thousands of such comrades. They faced dismissal, removal, suspension, increment cut, transfer to remote places, break-in-service and other severe victimisations. Dies-non was not at all a punishment for them. They never complained about wage-cut due to dies-non. Not even a single benefit was given by the Government without struggle and consequent heavy victimisations. 1st to 6th Pay Commissions were appointed by the Government only after the united struggle of the employees, each time.

Now we are facing a very crucial and critical situation. The ill-effects of the neo-liberal economic policies of the Central Government has become the greatest threat to the survival of the entire working class, especially Central Government employees including five and a half lakhs Postal, R M S and Gramin Dak Sevaks. The question before us is -Are we able to protect our job security and hard-earned benefits? Are we ready to fight or are we going to surrender before this attack? The answer is - No. We are not going to surrender. We will continue our fight till the imperialist globalisation policies are thrown to winds, just as we have thrown the British imperialism out of our country. We are not alone, crores and crores of workers and employees are with us in this fight. We are ready for sacrifice. We are not going to run away from our responsibilities. We shall face the challenge and continue our fight to change the system in our favour. Ultimate victory will be ours.

It is this uncompromising spirit and the readiness for sacrifice, that made National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) to join the two-days historic strike of the working class on 2013 February 20, 21. The strike is being organised by the entire trade unions including INTUC, BMS and the left trade unions. In the Postal, the strike is organised by Central JCA, including NFPE and the INTUC affiliated FNPO. This is the first time in the history of India a cent per cent united strike of 48 hours by all the Unions and Federtions is taking place. More than ten crores workers will participate in the strike. The working class of India, in one voice, demand the UPA Government to change the imperialist globalisation policies.

Central Government employees are the first victims of the neo-liberal economic policies pursued by the Central Government from 1991 onwards. During the last twenty years about eight lakhs posts are abolished. Still five lakhs posts are lying vacant in various departments. Many departments are closed or privatised. More and more casual and contract workers are engaged. Social security schemes, including statutory Pension scheme are given a go-bye. Instead, share market oriented contributory Pension scheme is introduced. Three lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks of the Postal department are denied of their legitimate rights. Casual, Part-time, contingent employees are not given their due wage revision. Even compassionate appointments are denied imposing arbitrary restrictions. Bonus ceiling not raised. Further the Government has declared the National Postal Policy 2012 which is nothing but a road-map to privatisation of Postal Services by granting licences to the multi-national courier services.

The demand for appointment of 7th Pay Commission is not yet accepted, inspite of the thundering success of the 12th December 2012 strike organised by Confederation of Central Govt. Employees& Workers. As an impact of the strike, all the Central Trade Unions have submitted a memorandum to the Finance Minister to announce constitution of 7th CPC in the February 2013 budget itself. Still the Government is silent on Pay Commission and merger of 50% DA. February 20, 21 strike is a continuation of 12th December strike.

The steep rise in prices of essential commodities, disbanding of the public distribution system, deregulation of petrol and diesel prices , disinvestment of public sector, rise in unemployment, shrinking of employment opportunities, proposed move to amend the labour laws in favour of the employers, attack on social security, denial of assured pension for all, introduction of contract and casual labour system in all sectors, denial of minimum wage of Rs.10,000/- to industrial workers, refusal to remove bonus and PF ceilings etc. are all due to this neo-liberal economic policies.

The attack is all round. To save the Postal, to save the Central Govt. departments, to save the public sector, to save the common people and workers of our country including Postal employees the only way out is to fight back these policies. Let us wholeheartedly join this struggle and make it a historic success.

Tuesday 22 January 2013

STRIKE NOTICE SERVED STRIKE NOTICE FOR 20th AND 21st FEBRUARY 2013 SERVED TO THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS, NEW DELHI TODAY BY JCA LEADERS.

SERVE STRIKE NOTICE TO ALL HEADS OF DEPARTMENT AND HEADS OF OFFICE TODAY - CONFEDERATION SERVES STRIKE NOTICE TODAY TO CABINET SECRETARY IN NEW DELHI No. Conf. 22/2013 Dated: 19th January, 2013. To The Cabinet Secretary, Dear Sir, This is to give notice that the employees who are members of the affiliated organisations of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers will go on two days strike on 20th and 21st February, 2013. The Charter of demands in pursuance of which the employees will embark upon the one day strike action is enclosed. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, K.K.N.Kutty, Secretary General

2013 February 20, 21 – all india two days strike

Postal joint council of action

National federation of postal employees

Federation of national postal organizations

All india postal employees union gds (nfpe)

National union of gramin dak sevaks (fnpo)

Combined campaign tour programme of all india leaders NFPE/FNPO

Sl. No.	Circle	Place & Date	Leaders attending (Comrades)
1.	Andhra Pradesh	11.02.2013 Hyderabad	NFPE	N. Gopalkrishnan Working President P-3 S.K. Humayun P-4 C.H. Koleshwa AGS R-3 A.N. Srinivas AGS-R-4 T Satyanarayana GS P/A K. Ramachandran, AGS(CHQ)- Admn. Kishan Singh , SBCO P. Pandurangarao, G/S,GDS (NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO & Sri D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO
2.	Assam	11.02.2013 Guwahati	NFPE	L.P. Saikia- Org. G/S-P-3 Ramani Bhattacharjee P-3 Moinul Huqe P-4 G. Talukdar AGS R-3 Ajit Ch. Das VP R-4 Biswajit Das C/S P/A B.C. Deka , AGS(CHQ) – Admn. Ramesh Sharma C/S (GDS) G. Acharya V/P , GDS(NFPE) G. Gohain, AG/COC
			FNPO	Sri Deepak Mukherjee, Working President, NUR ’C’
3.	Bihar	13.02.2013 Patna	NFPE	U.K. Tiwari Org. G/S P-3 S.K. Humayun P-4 S.K. Bardhan President R-3 Rajesh Kapoor AGS R-4 Gopal Krishna Sharma AGS-P/A Sohan Prasad, AGS (CHQ), Admn. N.K. Bajpai, SBCO Chandra Narayan Chaudhary, C/S –GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Kumar, Circle Secretary, P-IV
4.	Chattisgarh	14.02.2013 Raipur	NFPE	S.A. Hameed Org. G/S P-3 B.R. Kumbhkar P-4 B.P. Ganak V/P R-3 P. Suresh G/S R-4 K. Krishna Rao, Org. Secy. P/A
			FNPO	Sri Sunilkumar Pandey, Circle Secretary,NUR ’C’
5.	Delhi	15.02.2013 New Delhi	NFPE	R. Sivannarayana G/S P-3 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 P. Suresh G/S R-4 D.S. Chauhan, AGS, P/A
			FNPO	Sri O.P. Khanna, General Secretary, AIPAOA
6.	Gujarat	14.02.2013 Ahamedabad	NFPE	Mangesh Parab Working President P-3 S.T.Terryia P-4 M.P. John AGS R-3 K.L. Thadvi AGS R-4 S.K. Brahmania Asst. Fin. Secy. , P/A R.S. Dhali, AGS (CHQ) Admn. V.K. Valand, SBCO Smt. Ashaben V. Joshi, GSD(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri C.P. Nayi, President, NUPE PM & MTS
7.	Haryana	08.02.2013 Ambala	NFPE	R. Sivannarayana G/S P-3 Mahabir Singh Treasurer P-4 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 Jasbir Singh C/S , P/A Manjit Singh , Ex-GS (Admn) Rajiv , SBCO Akshaya Kumar, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
8.	Himachal Pradesh	11.02.2013 Shimla	NFPE	R. Sivannarayana G/S P-3 Jagdish Prasad Treasurer R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 K.S. Rana Sin. Secy. , P/A T.P . Sharma OS,(CHQ) Admn.
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Sharma, Circle Secretary, NUPE PM & MTS
9.	Jammu & Kashmir	06.02.2013 Jammu	NFPE	Balwinder Sings Financial Secy. P-3 Jagdish Prasad Treasurer R-3
			FNPO	Sri O.P. Khanna, General Secretary, AIPAOA
10.	Jharkhand	14.02.2013 Ranchi	NFPE	U.K. Tiwari Org. S/G P-3 B.R. Kumbhkar P-4 Anuj Kumar ATS R-3 Manoj Kumar R-4
			FNPO	Sri Ashok Singh, Circle Secretary, NUR ’C’
11.	Karnataka	08.02.2013 Bangalore	NFPE	K.V. Sridharan Ex. G/S P-3 R. Seethalaxmi P-4 P.V. Rajendran V/P R-3 K. Lakshmi Pathi VP R-4 D.K. Shivanna Woring President, P/A T. Satyanarayana, G/S P/A M.D/. Narayanmuthy OS (CHQ) Admn. B.R. Jagdeesh, AGS, GDS(NFPE) K. Kalpesh C/S GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Shivakumar, Asst Secretary General, FNPO
12.	Kerala	06.02.2013 Trivandrum	NFPE	C. P. Shobana Vice President P-3 T.K. Sivadasan P-4 P.V. Rajendran V/P R-3 P Sugesh AGS R-4 T.P. Ravindran, AGS , P/A P. Satheesh Kumar, OS(CHQ), Admn. V. Murukan, Fin. Secy. GSD(NFPE) Mohanan, SBCO Abhilesh Babu, SBCO
			FNPO	Sri P.U. Muralidharan, General Secretary, NUGDS
13.	Madhya Pradesh	13.02.2013 Bhopal	NFPE	S.A. Hameed Org. G/S P-3 R.K. Yadav P-4 B.P. Ganak V/P R-3 N R Malivya VP R-4 J.S. Rajput, V/P. , P/A S.K. Jaiswal, SBCO Vijay Kumar4 Sharma , GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Jaiswal, Circle Secretary, NAPEC
14.	Maharashtra	13.02.2013 Mumbai	NFPE	Mangesh Parab Working President P-3 I.S. Dabas G/S P-4 H.M. Gedam AGS R-3 D.M. Sonwane President R-4 B.M. Kishore, V /P..P/A U.S. Chakraborty (Admn) S.P. Kulkarni, President, SBCO
			FNPO	B.S. Kashid, Dy Secretary General, FNPO
15.	North East	12.02.2013 Shillong	NFPE	L.P. Saikia- Org. G/S-P-3 Ramani Bhattacharjee P-3 Moinul Huqe P-4 G. Talukdar AGS R-3 Ajit Ch. Das VP R-4 Biswajit Das C/S P/A B.C. Deka AGS (CHQ), Admn. G. Acharjee , GDS(NFPE) Smt. Supravapal, AGS (GDS) NFPE G. Gohain, AG/COC
			FNPO	Sri Doling, Asst Circle Secretary, NAPEC
16.	Orissa	15.02.2013 Bhubaneswar	NFPE	R.C. Mishra P-3 D.B. Mohanti P-4 R.N. Dhal AGS R-3 Dipenkar Dey AGS R-4 Nanda Kishore Das , Org. Secy. P/A S.S. Samant, OS (CHQ), Admn. Nirmal Ch. SinghWorking President, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
17.	Punjab	07.02.2013 Chandigarh	NFPE	Balwinder Sings Financial Secy. P-3 Mahabir Singh Treasurer P-4 K.P. Singh AGS R-3 K.K. Sharma Treasurer R-4 K.S. Deepa , C.S. , P/A Manjit Singh , Ex. GS (Admn) Baldev Raj Sharma, SBCO Avtar Singh, C/S GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri T.N. RAHATE, President FNPO
18.	Rajasthan	16.02.2013 Jaipur	NFPE	H.P. Diwakar ,P-3 Manohar Lal Sen ,P-4 Giri Raj Singh, G/S R-3 Tirath Prakash, AGS R-4 R.S. Gujar, V/P , P/A V.K. Jain, SBCO
			FNPO	Sri Muthu, Circle Secretary, AIPAOA, FNPO
19.	Tamil Nadu	09.02.2013 Chennai	NFPE	A. Veeramani AGS P:-3 Gopugovindrajan ,P-4 M.B. Sukumar ,AGS R-3 K. Rajendran , AGS R-4 Santosh Kumar, President, P/A Com. T.N. Nagrajan (Admn) S. Appanraj, SBCO R. Dhanraj Dy. GS, GDS(NFPE) KC Ramachandran AGS, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO
20.	Uttar Pradesh	14.02.2013 Lucknow	NFPE	Subhash Mishra AGS P-3 Vikram Shah P-4 Giri Raj Singh G/S R-3 Dinesh Chand Goutam AGS R-4 S.B. Yadav, Dy. G/S. , P/A Virendra Tewary, SBCO Promod Kumar Singh, Working President,GSD(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri. A.H. Siddiqui, General Secretary, R-IV
21.	Uttarakhand	12.02.2013	NFPE	Subhash Mishra AGS P-3 Vikram Shah P-4 R.K. Gupta R-3
			FNPO	Sri. N.K. Tyagi, Asst General Secretary, NUR ‘C’
22.	West Bengal	14.02.2013 Kolkata	NFPE	G.D. Maity AGS P-3 Subroto Banarjee P-4 S.K. Bardhan President R-3 Dipenkar Dey AGS R-4 P.K. Das Gupta, AGS, P/A S.P. Mukherjee, V.P. (NFPE) (Admn) Asit Das, SBCO Bijoy Gopal Sur, President, GDS(NFPE)
			FNPO	Sri Sekar Mukherji, Asst Secretary General, FNPO

Instructions:

< !--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->All General Secretaries are requested to suggest the name of their leaders for each circle and also any change in dates. Name of the same leader should not be given for the same date in another circle.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Leaders whose names are given should compulsorily attend the meeting.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->Change of dates (once finalized by Central JCA) will be allowed only if there are convincing reasons.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->Circle Secretaries of NFPE & FNPO should take initiative to arrange the joint meeting. They should consult each other and finalise the programme.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->Maximum publicity should be given to campaign programme and maximum participation of employees should be ensured.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->6. <!--[endif]-->Circle Unions / Divisional Unions should make maximum effort to make the strike a grand success. Joint campaign programmes by Circle / Divisional Union Leaders may be organized in all Circles / Divisions.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->7. <!--[endif]-->Joint Strike notice will be served on 22.01.2013 to Secretary, Department of Posts. Copy may be served to all Circle / Divisional heads also. Copy of the strike notice may be down loaded from websites of NFPE / FNPO & affiliated Unions.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->8. <!--[endif]-->All the Unions and Federations of Postal Department are participating in the 2 days strike, make the strike cent per cent.

M.Krishnan D.Theagarajan

Secretary General, NFPE Secretary General, FNPO