GDS
BONUS
NFPE
HAS GIVEN THE CORRECT NEWS
MAHADEVAIAH
GROUP FLASHED THE FALSE NEWS DELIBERATELY ON 10TH DECEMBER 2012 TO
SABOTAGE THE 12THDECEMBER 2012 STRIKE
MAHADEVAIAH GROUP GDS
UNION HAS NOT GIVEN STRIKE NOTICE FOR 12TH DECEMBER 2012 STRIKE
< !--[if
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December 2012 when all are actively campaigning for the success of the 12thDecember
2012 joint strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union flashed the following news
in their website -
“FLASH AND GLAD NEWS
–BONUS FILE CLEARED BY FINANCE TODAY”
They deliberately gave
publicity to this false news just to create confusion among the GDS and to
sabotage the 12th December strike.
< !--[if
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December strike NFPE put the following news in its website.
“Regarding GDS Bonus the propaganda
made by Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union is totally false. Finance Ministry has not
approved the proposal for raising the GDS Bonus ceiling to Rs. 3500/- but
returned the file without approval.”
(This news item is still
in the NFPE website and anybody can verify it.)
< !--[if
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December strike, the Mahadevaiah Group GDS union openly admitted that the Bonus
File is not cleared by Finance, but the File was returned to Postal Directorate
without approval. Now in the website of Mahadevaiah group the following lines
are written.
“FINANCE MINISTRY HAS SENT THE FILE
BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS FOR SOME CLARIFICATION”
< !--[if
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employees judge, who is right and who is wrong. Who is giving correct news and
who is spreading false news. NFPE has given the correct news and Mahadevaiah
group has published false news and subsequently corrected it after NFPE putting
the correct news. They have lost their credibility and they are trying to cover
up their ill motivated false propaganda by putting the blame on NFPE.
< !--[if
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that Mahadevaiah group GDS Union has not given strike notice for the 12th
December strike. They tried their best to sabotage the 12th December
strike. Their leaders have demanded the administration to take disciplinary
action against those employees who participated in the 12th December
strike. NFPE has already published one such letter in its website and anybody
can read it.
< !--[if
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GDS Union prove that they have given strike notice to the Secretary, Department
of Posts, for the 12th December strike? Can Mahadevaiah group GDS
Union deny that their leaders have not written any letter to the administration
to take disciplinary action against those participated in the 12th
December strike? Can Mahadevaiah group deny that the letter written to the
administration by their leader published in NFPE website is a false one? No,
they cannot.
< !--[if
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Bonus ceiling of GDS from 2500/- to 3500/- was an important item in the
memorandum submitted by Confederation to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,
Finance Minister and Cabinet Secretary during the Parliament march and also in
the strike charter of demands of the 12th December 2012 strike
served to the Cabinet Secretary and the Secretary, Department of Posts. Many
MPs irrespective of political affiliation and also Union Cabinet Ministers have
written letters to Hon’ble Prime Minister to consider the demand of the
Confederation. Further both NFPE and FNPO has jointly demanded the Government
to raise the bonus ceiling of GDS. The Minister of States for Communications
and the Secretary, Department of Posts, has assured the JCA leaders that the
case will again be forwarded to the Finance Ministry with favourable
recommendations. The Secretary, Department of Posts has informed the JCA
leaders that Cabinet Secretary was also appraised of the matter. The efforts
made by NFPE, FNPO and Confederation and the mass-scale participation of the
employees (Departmental as well as Gramin Dak Sewaks) in the 12th
December Strike has its own impact.
< !--[if
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Mahadevaiah group to project themselves as the only union for the GDS was
thoroughly exposed in the 12th December strike and more than 80% of
the GDS joined the strike call given by NFPE & Confederation, inspite of
the fact that Mahadevaiah Group GDS Union has not given the strike notice and
has not conducted any campaign programme to make the 12th December strike
a success. More and more GDS leaders from Mahadevaiah group including All India
office bearers are joining the newly formed AIPEU GDS (NFPE). In the 12th
December strike, the unity of the Departmental employees and Gramin Dak Sewaks
was restored and those who are trying to divide the GDS and Departmental
employees cannot continue their nefarious game any more.
< !--[if
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BONUS
As already exhibited by
NFPE in its website, the GDS Bonus file was not clearedby Finance Ministry but returned to Department of Posts without approval. The
reason stated by Finance Ministry is as follows -
Up to 2006 GDS were also paid equal
Bonus on pro-rata basis along with regular employees. The One-man Committee (Nataraja
Murthy Committee) appointed by Government has recommended that GDS are not
eligible for equal bonus with regular employees and the payment made up to 2006
was unjustified as per the commission’s recommendations. This recommendation of
the Nataraja Murthy Committee was accepted by the Government and Postal Board.
Accordingly it was decided not to raise the Bonus ceiling from 2500 to 3500.
After that the Department of Posts has not undertaken any fresh study to
justify the payment of equal Bonus (3500) to GDS. Postal Department should
conduct a fresh study by another committee and submit revised proposal
justifying the payment of equal bonus to GDS. Such revised proposal, if any,
submitted after fresh study will be examined by the Finance Ministry and if
found justified will be considered for implementation from the next financial
year i.e., 2013-2014. Regarding this financial year’s Bonus Finance Ministry is
not ready to reconsider it. That means the Bonus for the current financial year
(2012-2013) stands rejected. This is the stand
of the Finance Ministry.
< !--[if
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Posts has constituted a Committee of officers to make fresh study of the case
and submit fresh proposal to the Finance Ministry for consideration and
approval. The Postal Board has assured the JCA (NFPE + FNPO) that the study
will be completed quickly and fresh proposal will be submitted to Ministry of
Finance. Definitely the JCA will take necessary follow up action.
< !--[if !supportLists]-->11. <!--[endif]-->The anti-NFPE minded
leaders of the Mahadevaiah group GDS Union should clearly understand that their
repeated attempt to divide GDS employees and Departmental employees is not
going to work any-more. GDS will stand with NFPE. NFPE will never misguide the
employees, but will always stand by the truth. Please remember that
“You can fool all people for some
time and
You can fool some people for all
time,
But you can never fool all people
for all time”
- M. Krishnan,
Secretary General, NFPE
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