Tuesday, January 29, 2013

STRIKE NOTICE SERVED


          STRIKE NOTICE SERVED

 STRIKE NOTICE FOR 20th AND 21st FEBRUARY 2013 SERVED TO THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS, NEW DELHI  22nd January 2013 BY JCA LEADERS.
                                                        
POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS
ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION GDS (NFPE)
NATIONAL UNION OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS (FNPO)


No. JCA/2013                                                                               Dated – 22nd January, 2013
To,
The Secretary
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001

NOTICE

Madam,

            In accordance with the provisions of Sub Section (1) of Section 22 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, we hereby notify that all the Postal/RMS/MMS/Administrative & Postal Accounts Employees and the Gramin Dak Sewaks will go on two days strike on 20th and 21st February 2013. The demands for acceptance of which the employees embark upon two Days Strike are detailed in the Charter of Demands enclosed.

M. Krishnan                                                                                                         D. Theagarajan
Secretary General, NFPE                                                                                    Secretary General, FNPO

R. Sivannarayana                                                                                                  D. Kishan Rao
General Secretary, AIPEU Group 'C'                                                                   General Secretary,
                                                                                                                            NAPE Group 'C'

Ishwar Singh Dabas                                                                                              T. N. Rahate
General Secretary                                                                                                 General Secretary
AIPEU Postmen, MTS & Group 'D'                                                              NAPE Postmen,
                                                                                                                             MTS & Group 'D'
Giriraj Singh                                                                                                           D. Theagarajan
General Secretary                                                                                                  General Secretary
AIRMS & MMS EU Group 'C'                                                                               R-3FNPO

P. Suresh                                                                                                                A. H. Siddique
General Secretary                                                                                                   General Secretary
AIRMS & MMS EU MG & Group 'D'                                                             R-4 FNPO

Pranab Bhattacharjee                                                                                              O. P. Khanna
General Secretary                                                                                                  General Secretary
AIPAOEU Group C & D                                                                                  Admn.Em Association
                                                                                                                                          FNPO

T. Satyanarayana                                                                                                   H.L. Ramteke
General Secretary                                                                                                 General Secretary
AIPAEA                                                                                                                    AIPAOA

S. Appanraj                                                                                                          S. Sambandam
General Secretary                                                                                                General Secretary
AIPSBCOEA                                                                                                            NASBCO

S. A. Raheem                                                                                                   Pratha Pratim Ghorai
General Secret                                                                                                   General Secretary
AIPCWEA                                                                                                              NUCWE

P. Pandurangarao                                                                                              P.U. Muralidharan
General Secretary                                                                                             General Secretary
AIPEU GDS (NFPE)                                                                                            NUGDS

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

PART – I

1. Take Concrete measures to contain price rise.
2. Take Concrete measures for linkage of employment protection with the concession/incentive package offered to the entrepreneurs,
3. Ensure Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws,
4. Universal social security cover for the unorganized sector workers without any restriction and creation of a National Social Security Fund with adequate resources in line with the recommendation of NCEUS and Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour.
5. Stoppage of disinvestment in central and state PSUs.
6. No Contractorisation of work of permanent/perennial nature and payment of wages and benefits to the contract workers at the same rate as available to the regular workers of the industry/ establishment
7. Amendment of Minimum Wages Act to ensure universal coverage irrespective of the schedules and fixation of statutory minimum wage at not less than Rs 10,000/-.
8.   Remove all ceilings on payment and eligibility of Bonus, Provident Fund; Increase the quantum of gratuity.
9.   Assured statutory Pension for all
10.       Ensure Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days and immediate ratification of the ILO Conventions nos 87 and 98

                                           PART – II

1.  Appoint Seventh Central Pay Commission for revision of wages of Central Government Employees including Gramin Dak Sewaks. Grant merger of 50% of DA with pay for all purposes, including GDS.
2.   Stop abolition of posts and restore all abolished posts with immediate effect.
3.   Grant Civil Servant status to Gramin Dak Sewaks and extend all benefits of regular employees to GDS also. Enhance GDS Bonus ceiling from 2500/- to 3500/- . End discrimination in wages and other service conditions.
4.      Revise the wages of Casual, Part-time & contingent employees with effect from 1.1.2006 at par with the minimum pay scale implemented as per 6th CPC recommendations. Regularisation of the services of casual labourers.
5.      Drop the proposal for privatization of Postal Sector and retrograde clauses of the National Postal Policy 2012.
6.      Revision of OTA rates as per the Arbitration award.
7.      Complete the cadre restructuring and honour the assurance given to staff side.
8.      Remove arbitrary restrictions imposed on compassionate appointments.









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
14.02.2013
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:
1.    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.
2.    Leaders whose names are given should compulsorily attend the meeting.
3.    Change of dates (once finalized by Central JCA) will be allowed only if there are convincing reasons.
4.    Circle Secretaries of NFPE & FNPO should take initiative to arrange the joint meeting.  They should consult each other and finalise the programme.
5.    Maximum publicity should be given to campaign programme and maximum participation of employees should be ensured.
6.    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.
7.    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.
8.    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 FNPO                                         

                             
  

                                          CHARTER OF DEMAND
 
                                                               PART- I

1.Take Concrete measures to contain price rise.

2. Take Concrete measures for linkage of employment protection with the concession/incentive package offered to
the entrepreneurs,

3. Ensure Strict enforcement of all basic
labour laws without any exception or
exemption and stringent punitive
measures for violation of labour laws,

4. Universal social security cover for the
unorganized sector workers without any
restriction and creation of a National
Social Security Fund with adequate
resources in line with the recommen
dation of NCEUS and Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Labour.

5. Stoppage of disinvestment in central and
state PSUs.

6. No Contractorisation of work of
permanent/perennial nature and
payment of wages and benefits to the
contract workers at the same rate as
available to the regular workers of the
industry/ establishment

7. Amendment of Minimum Wages Act to
ensure universal coverage irrespective
of the schedules and fixation of statutory
minimum wage at not less than Rs.10,000/-.

8. Remove all ceilings on payment and
eligibility of Bonus, Provident Fund;
Increase the quantum of gratuity.
9. Assured statutory Pension for all.

10. Ensure Compulsory registration of trade
unions within a period of 45 days and
immediate ratification of the ILO
Conventions Nos. 87 and 98.

                     


                                              PART – II

1. Appoint Seventh Central Pay
Commission for revision of wages of
Central Government Employees
including Gramin Dak Sewaks. Grant
merger of 50% of DA with pay for all
purposes, including GDS.

2 Stop abolition of posts and restore all
abolished posts with immediate effect.

3. Grant Civil Servant status to Gramin Dak
Sewaks and extend all benefits of
regular employees to GDS also. Enhance
GDS Bonus ceiling from 2500/- to 3500/- .
End discrimination in wages and other
service conditions.

4. Revise the wages of Casual, Part-time &
contingent employees with effect from
1.1.2006 at par with the minimum pay
scale implemented as per 6th CPC
recommendations. Regularisation of the
services of casual labourers.

5. Drop the proposal for privatization of
Postal Sector and retrograde clauses of
the National Postal Policy 2012.

6. Revision of OTA rates as per the
Arbitration award.

7. Complete the cadre restructuring and
honour the assurance given to staff side.

8. Remove arbitrary restrictions imposedon compassionate appointments.