STRIKE TO SURVIVE

ALL THE DIVISIONAL / BRANCH SECRETARIES,
CIRCLE SECRETARIES AND ALL JCA LEADERS AT ALL LEVEL

Let us organise Non-cooperation from 5th to 9th July, 2010
and Indefinite Strike from July 13th onwards in such a way that
the entire Postal with (Gramin Dak Sevak) and
RMS Offices comes to a standstill

STRIKE TO SURVIVE

The entirety of above five lakhs Postal and RMS Employees of INDIA POST will be on non-co-operation from 5th to 9th July and Indefinite Strike from 13th July 2010, as per the call given by the Joint Council of Action comprising of National Federation of Postal Employees, Federation of National Postal Organisations and the Gramin Dak Sevaks Unions. Hectic preparations are going on in every circle and there will be Non-cooperation from 5th to 9th July 2010 and total strike all over India. Functioning of the INDIA POST will be completely paralysed.

We are compelled to resort to indefinite strike action as we have been pushed to the wall. The attitude of the Government and the Postal Board is totally negative. All negotiating forums are defunct since above four years. Negotiation takes place only when strike notice is served. No formal meetings, No JCM Departmental Council Meetings. No consultation with Unions on important issues affecting the employees. It seems that the Postal Administration is not ready to accept the reality that in a democratic setup issues can be resolved only through negotiations with all stakeholders including the Unions.

About one lakh posts has been abolished during the last ten years in the name of downsizing. Employees are reeling under the pressure of excess workload. The shortage of staff has adversely affected the efficiency of the INDIA POST. Thousands of posts in all cadres are lying vacant. Closure of offices, large scale outsourcing, downgradation of EDSOs, violation of RMS agreement, harassment of staff in Project Arrow offices (100% delivery of the articles by the Postman), abnormal delay in cadre restructuring, negative and inhumane attitude towards Gramin Dak Sevaks, denial of pay parity to MMS Drivers, Non-grant of revised wages to

Casual Labourers, anomalies in MACP Scheme, total neglect towards the system Administrators, unilateral decentralization of RPLI/PLI work, denial of merger of Group - C Accounts cadre in DOP & DOT - all these long pending issues are agitating the minds of the employee and resentment is mounting day by day.

O.T.A. Rate and Postman Divided Beat Allowance has not been revised since last many years. The non-cooperation from 5th to July 2010 and indefinite strike from July 13th is to protect the INDIA POST and also to protect the interest of its more than five lakhs workforce. Downsizing, outsourcing, privatisation, harassment of postasl staff, closure of offices are against the interest of the INDIA POST. Only workers can protect the legacy of INDIA POST. Battle line is drawn and it is upto the Government and Postal Board to decide whether there should be an indefinite strike or not. The ball is in their court. Let us unite together with determination and make the Non-cooperation a sucess and Strike a tremendous success. Let more than five lakhs Postal with Gramin Dak Sevak and RMS employees all over India standup and declare in one voice - we shall fight unitedly, come what may. We are confident that success will ours.

In the first stage of Non-cooperation from 5th to 9th July 2010 should be implemented carefully. The employee should come to work on time and leave the work-place on time. The work should be done according to the Time Factor of 8 hours norms. Do not put an extra hour of work even if the work is demanding. If this stage is implemented successfully and still the Postal Board / Government does not solve the problem then from 13th July 2010 onwards we will go on Indefinite Strike.

Remember UNITY IN ACTION is our watch word.
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(T.N. RAHATE)
President FNPO and
General Secretary