.: July 2019

Monday 29 July 2019

FB POST BY COM.A.K.PADMANABHAN,

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, CITU

Though the Recognized Federations in the Railways are almost mum on Privatization, Struggles are going on in various Production Units and also in other areas. AILRSA, AISMA, GUARDS COUNCIL and various other Associations and CITU affiliated DREU are going ahead with Struggles.

They are also joining Central TUs and Federations in the National level Campaigns......

DEFENCE Production Units under ORDINANCE BOARD are being Corporatized.

All the three Recognized Federations, AIDEF, INTUC and BMS have decided to go for ONE MONTH STRIKE .......

SAIL UNITS and other PSUs are also prepared for continuous struggles.....

In the meanwhile All INDIA PROTEST DAY is being organised by Central TUs and National Federations against LABOUR LAW AMENDMENTS through Codification, which will take away the existing rights of the Working People in the Country...

The Govt has openly said that the CODES are for Ease of Doing Business.

NOW,

IT IS THE TIME TO GO FOR ACTION....

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COUNTRYWIDE PREPARATIONS, MASSIVE EDUCATIVE CAMPAIGNS ARE NEEDED.....

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THIS OFFENSIVE HAS TO BE DEFEATED...

Monday, July 29, 2019

MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO

THE SECRETARY (POSTS)

POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION – GDS

NATIONAL UNION – GDS

No. PJCA/ 2/2019 Dated: 15^th July 2019

MEMORANDUM

Shri A N Nanda,

Secretary,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001

Sub: Submission of Memorandum on long pending demands.

Sir,

It is to bring to your kind notice that on so many occasions, we as PJCA have raised our long pending genuine demands before the Department. But it is highly regretted that no effective steps have been taken by the Department to mitigate the problems causing more sufferings to the employees.

            After introduction of technology in the form of CBS/CSI/CIS/MNOP/PNOP & now RICT the staff is suffering very much. We are bringing all the problems being faced by the staff at ground level separately on each subject but no solution is coming out.
            A meeting of Postal Joint Council of Action consisting NFPE,FNPO,AIPEU-GDS & NUGDS was held at FNPO Office. T-24, Atul Grove Road New Delhi on  13.07.2019. In the meeting all General Secretaries, of NFPE, FNPO AIPEU-GDS and NUGDS participated. After thorough discussion, PJCA has come to the conclusion that a memorandum should be submitted to Secretary (Post) for settlement of demands as mentioned in the Charter of Demands enclosed here with.
            We request you to kindly arrange one meeting with office bearers of PJCA to discuss the issues and settle the same as early as possible failing which we (PJCA) will be compelled to launch agitational programmes in a phased manner.

With regards

Yours Sincerely,

                (TNRahate)                                                        . Secretary General (FNPO)                  (R.N. Parashar)                                  Secretary General (NFPE)
(P U Muralidharan) .                       General Secretary NUGDS                        (P Pandurangarao)
    General Secretary-AIPEU-GDS

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

1. Settle all the problems arisen out of implementation of C.S.I, R.I.C.T./ IPPB / CBS and Postmen delivery mobile App & CIS.

2. Implement all positive recommendations of Sri Kamlesh Chandra Committee report and grant Civil servant Status to GDS.

3. Fill up all Vacant Posts in all cadres of Department of Post i.e. P.A/S.A, Postmen, Mail Guard, Mailmen, MMS, MTS, GDS, Postal Acctts, P.A Admn. Offices, P.A SBCO & Civil Wing etc within a time frame and separate identity of all cadres.

4. Withdraw NPS and Guarantee minimum pension 50% of last pay drawn.

5. Membership verification of G.D.S and declaration of result of regular employees membership verification conducted in 2015.

6. Implementation of orders of payment of revised wages and arrears to the casual , Part time, Contingent employees & daily rated mazdoors as per 6^thand 7^th CPC and Regularize Services of casual Labourers.

7. Implement Cadre Restructuring for left out categories i.e. RMS, MMS, Postman/MTS, PACO, PASBCO, Postal Accounts, and Civil Wing etc.

8. Stop Privatization, Corporatization and out sourcing in Postal Services.

9. Scrap Bench Mark in MACP.

10. Implement 5 days week in Postal and RMS

11. Enhancement of higher pay scales to those categories whose minimum qualification has been enhanced e.g. Postmen, Mail guard.

12. Grant of pension to the promoted GDS based on Supreme Court Judgment in SLP No (C) 13042/2014

13. Withdraw orders of enhancement of cash conveyance limit without security.

14. Implement all High Court and Supreme Court decisions in C/W MACP, RTP and others.

15. Cash less treatment under CGHS and allotment of adequate fund under head MR & T.A

16. Retention of Civil wing in the Department of Post.

17. Holding of Departmental Council Meetings/RJCM and periodical meetings at all levels.

18. Stop Trade Union victimization and in the name of unscientific targets.

19. Provide 40 percent SCF quota promotion in AAO cadre and amend RR incorporating the modifications demanded by AIPAEA.

20. Status of audit to SBCO.

21. Restore Special Allowance to PO & RMS Accountants and OSA to RMS/MMS Staff.

22. All NSH and I.C. Speed Post Hubs should be under the administrative control of RMS and All L-2 Mail Offices should be identified as I.C. Speed Post Hubs and as Parcel Hubs.

23. Permission to all Staff of Circle Office, SBCO, Postal Accounts and RMS/MMS Staff to appear in Departmental Examination for promotion to PSS Group-B.

24. Improper functioning of Separate (Nodal) Parcel Delivery in India Post vis-a-vis heavy expenditure and undue harassment to the Postmen Delivery staff.

Thursday 25 July 2019

PRESS RELEASE
CTUs – INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC and
Independent Federations/Associations - take strong objection and condemn bulldozing of codification of labour laws and other laws in spite of strong objections from the trade union movement.

The government have made known their intention to codify various labour laws through an unconstitutional method of making it a part of the budget speech on 5.07.2019, ignoring the state jurisdiction of concurrent list in the Constitution.

Now, on 23.07.2019, the government has introduced the Code on Wages Bill 2019 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha. The contents of both the Bills totally ignore all the points of oppositions and reservations on various provisions of both the Bills curtailing the rights of the workers and are prejudicial to their interests raised by all the central trade union organizations.

Contrary to the claims by the Government, these codes would enhance the process of exclusion of workers from the benefits they accrue from the existing laws, by simply raising the threshold level of number of workers for application of those laws.

The wage code has denied the agreed formula of wage calculation as per 15th Indian Labour conference, and add on 25% as directed by Supreme Court judgment in Raptakos case and which was repeatedly and unanimously accepted by 45th and 46th ILC. The Expert Committee appointed by the Central Government, which excluded any participation from the Trade Unions, to determine the methodology to determine the National Minimum Wage also went against those recommendations. But to top it all the Labour Minister, on 10.07.2019 unilaterally announced the National Minimum Wage as Rs. 4628/-pm, when even the 7th CPC recommends Rs.18000/-pm as the minimum wages w.e.f. 1.01.2016.

The Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Bill 2019 replaces 13 existing Labour laws, making it applicable to the establishments, with ten workers, thus keeping
90 percent of workforce which is from unorganised sector/informal economy sector, out sourced on contract and home based sector would be out of the purview of the code.

Most of these laws were enacted to address and regulate the service conditions of different segments of workers and employees like Sales Promotion Employees, Mines, Beedi, Construction, Working Journalists and Newspaper Employees etc in accordance with and taking care of the aspects relating their respective occupation specificities and peculiarities which were different and widely varying from one another. By repealing all these Acts and selectively picking up the provisions advantageous to employers only from these Acts for incorporation of the Code Bill and grossly diluting and/or tampering all the provisions pertaining to rights and protection of the workers in general, the Govt seeks to drastically curtail the workers’ rights, in their most obedient services of their corporate masters.

Even on Health and Safety related matters, the Code has so articulated the provisions as the workers and their unions cannot assert their opinions and rights for proper enforcement or establish the accountability of the employers for violation of even the basic health and safety provisions which is a common and daily phenomenon in the workplaces across the sectors throughout the country leading to loss of lives and disabling injuries almost every day.

On 23.07.2019, the Central Government, by its brute majority in the Parliament, passed the hated Motor Vehicles Bill, opposed with stupendous strikes by transport workers federations through out the country since 2014, making it into an Act.
This is a clear indication of how undemocratically the BJP Government will work, in spite of all
the declarations of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas”.

The CTUs condemn such anti-worker moves of the Government and call upon the workers, their unions and federations, irrespective of affiliations, to observe 2nd August, 2019, with countrywide united protest and raise the demand to withdraw the proposed anti-worker legislations, ignoring all norms of international labour standards.

The CTUs also call upon the Members of Parliament to oppose these undemocratic methods used by the ruling party to bulldoze anti-worker legislations, bypassing tripartism and normal legislative procedure.

ORGANIZE PROTEST DEMONSTRATION

ON 2^nd AUGUST-2019

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CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS HAVE GIVEN A CALL FOR HOLDING COUNTRY WIDE UNITED PROTEST AGITATION ON 2^NDAUGUST-2019 AGAINST THE ANTI WORKER, ANTI PEOPLE POLICIES OF THE BJP GOVERNMENT INCLUDING MASS SCALE PRIVATIZATION AND SO CALLED LABOUR LAW REFORMS DESIGNED TO IMPOSE THE CONDITIONS OF SLAVERY ON WORKERS AND THE PEOPLE.

WE ON BEHALF OF NFPE, APPEAL TO ENTIRE RANK AND FILE TO HOLD PROTEST DEMONSTRATION IN LUNCH HOURS ON 2nd AUGUST-2019 AT ALL WORK PLACES.

R.N. Parashar

Secretary General

NFPE

Wednesday 24 July 2019

PJCA programmes

Monday 22 July 2019

FLASH NEWS

MEMBERSHIP VERIFICATION RESULT DECLARED BY THE DEPARTMENT

RECOGNITION OF SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS CCS (RSA) RULES, 1993- DECLARATION OF RESULT OF THE VERIFICATION OF THE MEMBERSHIP

O.M. No. 13-01/2015(Vol.II) dated 19^th July,2019 from Ministry of Communications , Department of Posts(SR Section).

With reference to the Department’s letter No. 13/01/2015-SR dated 09.06.2015 regarding verification of membership for recognition of Service Associations under CCS(RSA) Rules,1993, the undersigned is directed to convey that on the results of re-verification through cheek off system, it has been decided to recognize the following Service Associations in the Department of Posts:

*Sl. No.*	*Category*	*Name of the applicant associations*
1.	*Group –C (Postal) excluding Postmen & MTS*	*1. All India Postal Employees Union Group-C* *2. National Association of Postal Employees Group-C*
2.	*Group-C RMS including MMS*	*1.All India RMS & MMS Employees Union Group-C* *2.National Union of RMS & MMS Employees Gr-C*
3.	*Postmen & MTS in POs*	*1.All India Postal Employees Union Postmen & MTS* *2.. National Union of Postal Employees Postmen & MTS*
4.	*Mail Guards &^ MTS in RMS & MMS*	*1.All India RMS & MMS Employees Union Mail Guard & MTS Group-C.* *2.National Union of RMS & MMS Employees Mail Guards & Group-D*
5.	*Circle Office Administrative Staff (Group-C including MTS)*	*1.All India Postal Administrative Offices “Employees Union Group-C&D.*
6.	*Postal Civil Wing Group-C Officials including Jr. Engineers*	*1.Bharatiya Postal Civil Wing Non-Gazetted Employees Union .* *2.National Union of Postal Civil Wing Non-Gazetted Employees.*
7.	*Postal Accounts Employees*	*1.All India Postal Accounts Employees Association.* *2.Bhartiya Postal Accounts Offices Employees Association.*
8.	*SBCO Employees*	*1.All India Saving Bank Control Employees Union.* *2.All India Postal SBCO Employees Association.*
9.	*PS Group-B Officers*	*1.Postal Officers Association (India)*
*10.*	*IPO/SPOs*	*1.All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts*
*11.*	*Stenographers*	*1.All India Postal Stenographers Association.*
*12.*	*Assistant Engineers (Civil & Electrical)*	*1.Postal Engineers Association*

The above Associations have obtained requisite percentage of membership in their respective categories and effective date of recognition of Service Association will be valid for 5 years with effect from 22.09.2015. However, this result of the final outcome of the Writ Petition No. 6895 of 2015 pending before the Hon`able High Court of Rajasthan at Jodhpur.

3. With regard to the category of Supervisors (General Line) , it is stated that as per the Order dated 06.05.1997 in CWP No. 1827/97 passed by the Hon`able High Court of Delhi, the All India Assistant of Postal Supervisors (GL) representing this cadre will continue to be recognized till such time the interim order of the Hon`ble Court is in force.

4. With the issue of this Office Memorandum the trade union facilities availed by those Service Associations/Unions who got recognition in the year 2010 but has not qualified in the year 2015 in respect of above categories of staff stand withdrawn.

2. Hindi version will follow.

Sd/-

(S.R. Amin)

Saturday 20 July 2019

NOTICE FOR FEDERAL COUNCIL NFPE

National Federation of Postal Employees

1^st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001

Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com

Mob: 9718686800/9319917295 website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com

No. PF-1(a)/2019 Dated: 20^th July, 2019

NOTICE

It is hereby notified under article 10 of Constitution of NFPE that the 11^thFederal Council Session of National Federation of Postal Employees will be held at “MANAV SEWA SANGH, VRINDABAN, MATHURA (UP) from 25.11.2019 to 27.11.2019.

The following shall be the Agenda of the Federal Council:

AGENDA

1. Confirmation of the proceedings of Xth Federal Council held at Guwahati from 07.09.2016 to 09.09.2016.

2. (a) Consideration and adoption of the Triennial Report on activities of NFPE.

(b). Approval of Audited Accounts for the year 2016-17, 2017-18 & 2018-2019

3. Organizational Review.

(i) (a) Role of NFPE during last 3 years in building united movement of Postal Employees and Central Government Employees.

(b) Organizational position at All India / Circle/Divisional level.

(ii) Review of settlement of Strike Charter of Demands on 8-9 January-2019.

(iii) Functioning of Postal JCA (NFPE/FNPO).

(iv) Functioning of affiliated Unions/Associations including GDS, Casual Labourers & Pensioners.

(v) Functioning of Departmental Council/RJCMs & holding of Periodical Meetings.

(vi) Right to Strike and Victimization of Trade Union Activists Office

Bearers by administration..

4. Common demands of CGEs.(Central Government Employees).

(i) Review of Report of 7th CPC & various Committees particularly Committee on Minimum Wage.

(ii) Downsizing, Outsourcing, Contractrization and Privatisation.

(iii) Restriction on compassionate appointments.

(iv) Ban on creation of Posts and filling up of vacant posts and amendment in recruitment Rules for various categories..

(v) New Pension Scheme.

(vi) MACP related issues.

(vii) Proposed Medical insurance scheme and our stand thereof./ CGHS related issues

(viii) Revision of Bonus Ceiling / OTA/OSA rates and implementation of Arbitration awards.

(ix) Five Promotions

5. Policy Offensives against Postal Services and Staff.

(i) Task Force Committee Report.

(ii) India Post Payment Bank.

(iii) Out sourcing and Downsizing of Postal Services.

6. Sectional problems.

(a) Cadre re-structuring in all sections of Department of Posts.

(b) CBS /CSI , CIS,RICT,MNOP & PNOP..

7. Implementation of Shri Kamlesh Chandra Committee report for GDS.

8. Financial Review.

9. Postal Crusader and other publications.

10. Amendments to the Constitution.

11. Policy and programmes Resolutions and other resolutions.

12. Election of Office Bearers.

13. Appointment of Auditor.

14. Venue of next Federal Council.

15. Any other item with the permission of Chair.

Vote of Thanks

(R.N. Parashar)

Secretary General

Copy to:

1. The Secretary/DG Department of Posts , Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001 with the request to issue instructions for grant of Special Casual Leave to the Federal Councillors and All India Office Bearers of NFPE and General Secretaries.

2. All Chief Post Master Generals for information and action for grant of Special Casual Leave to the Federal Councillors and All India Office Bearers of NFPE and General Secretaries .

3. All Office Bearers of NFPE.

4. All General Secretaries of Affiliated union. / Associations.

Note: Amendments to the Constitution if any should be sent to Secretary General NFPE at least 30 days before the Federal Council i.e. before 24^th October-2019 as per constitutional provisions.

(R.N. Parashar)

Secretary General

NFPE CIRCULAR

National Federation of Postal Employees

1^st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001

Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com

Mob: 9718686800/9319917295 website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com

No.PF-1(e) 2019 Date: 20^th July, 2019

CIRCULAR

All General Secretaries / NFPE Office bearers

All Circle / Divisional and Branch Secretaries of NFPE Unions

Comrades,

11^th FEDERAL COUNCIL:

11^th Federal Council of NFPE will be held at “MANAV SEWA SANGH, VRINDABAN, MATHURA (UP) from 25.11.2019 to 27.11.2019.

Previously dates for Federal Council were notified as 20.11.2019 to 22.11.2019have been changed due to some inevitable reasons.

FEDERAL EXECUTIVE:

Federal Executive of NFPE will be held on 24.11.2019 at “MANAV SEWA SANGH, VRINDABAN, MATHURA (UP) from 4 P.M

All Office Bearers of NFPE & General Secretaries are requested to attend the Federal Executive Committee meeting in time.

AIC OF AIPE UNION GROUP-C :

AIC of AIPE Union Group-C is scheduled to be held at Hyderabad from 20^th to 22^ndOctober, 2019.

CWC OF R-III UNION AT NEW DELHI:

Central Working Committee Meeting of R-III Union will be held at New Delhi from 29^th to 30^th November-2019.

Felicitation of Com. Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE & G/S R-III

Com. Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE & G/S R-III is going to retire on 30^thNovember-2019 on supernuation

A felicitation will be organized during Federal Council at Vrindraban (Mathura).

Delhi Circle unions have also decided to give felicitation to Com. Giriraj Singh on 30.11.2019 during CWC.

SOLIDARITY SUPPORT TO P-IV DHARNA ON 07^TH AUGUST-2019:

All India Postal Employees Union Postmen & MTS has decided to launch one day Dharna infront of all CPMG offices on 07^th August-2019 for settlement of 10 points Charter of Demands.

We as NFPE appeal to all affiliates of NFPE and entire rank and file to extend full solidarity support to make the Dharna a grand success.

With revolutionary greetings.

Yours Comradely,

R.N Parashar

Secretary General