ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION-GDS
CHQ: Dada
Ghosh Bhawan, 2151/1, New Patel Road, New Delhi – 110008
President : Bijoy Gopal Sur General Secretary : P.Pandurangarao
Website:
www.aipeugdsnfpe.blogspot.in e-mail : aipeugdsnfpe@gmail.com
No.AIPEU-GDS/CHQ/2017 Date:
17-05-2017
To
All CHQ Office bearers,
All Circle Secretaries & Mahila
Committee Members
All Division & Branch Secretaries
MARCH TO SANCHAR BHAWAN
OFFICE
OF THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, NEW DELHI
ON
27th
JULY 2017
Dear
Comrades,
AIPEU GDS & NFPE declared a phased manner programme
of action demanding the Govt & Department:
1. Immediate
implementation of Positive recommendations of Kamalesh Chandra Committee Report
on GDS. Grant Civil Servant Status to Gramin Dak Sevaks.
2. Conduct GDS
membership verification immediately as more than five year is over since last
verification. Stop patronizing Govt. sponsored unions.
In the first
phase, a massive march about 5000 GDS towards office of the Minister of
Communications, Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi on 27th July 2017.
As you are aware, the Kamalesh
Chandra Committee on GDS has submitted its report to Government on 24.11.2016.
Now six months are over. The report is still pending in the Postal Board. After
the approval of Postal Board the report is to be approved by Communications
Minister, Department of Personnel, Law Ministry, Finance Ministry and finally
Cabinet.
Government is trying to delay the
implementation of the report indefinitely. It will take another one year, as
per the existing file movement at Directorate. The recognised GDS Union has miserably
failed and called off the indefinite strike without any settlement. Both
recognised GDS Union and BMS union are indirectly supporting the Government’s
plan to delay the GDS committee report and are cheating the GDS employees. NFPE
and AIPEU-GDS cannot allow this situation to go unchallenged.
Similarly GDS membership
verification process is also indefinitely delayed, after calling for
application from the unions/Association. Already five years are over after the
last membership verification. The recognised GDS Union is afraid of membership
verification and has given a letter to the Postal Board to postpone the
membership verification. BMS Union also don’t want verification as they will
not get recognition. Thus, both recognised GDS Union and BMS Union are playing
with the Government and they cannot conduct any serious agitational programmes
against the Government. Only NFPE & AIPEU-GDS can fight against the
negative attitude of the NDA Government.
NFPE & AIPEU – GDS has
decided to organize serious agitaitonal programmes on the above two GDS demands
culminating in strike. Before declaring the strike date, NFPE & AIPEU-GDS has
decided to organize a massive GDS March to the Communication’s Minister’s
office (Sanchar Bhawan) on 27th July 2017 at 11 AM. About 5000
Gramin Dak Sevaks from all the Circles (States) will participate in the
historic Sanchar Bhawan March. NFPE & AIPEU-GDS (CHQ) calls upon the
entire Postal employees, especially Gramin Dak Sevaks, to mobile maximum number
of employees and make the Sanchar Bhawan March a thundering success.
AIPEU-GDS
CHQ Central Working Committee meeting & decisions:
The 3rd Central Working Committee meeting of AIPEU GDS
CHQ has held on 5th May 2017 in Trivendram, Kerla. After a deliberate
discussions in the presence of Confederation & NFPE leaders the following
decisions have been taken and systematic implementation of the decisions of CWC
meeting is on the way.
1) An enlarged meeting of all Divisional & Branch
Secretaries and active representatives of AIPEU GDS in each Circle should take
place during June – July 2017. All Circle Secretaries of NFPE are requested to
take part in the meeting and one of the office bearers of NFPE should also
attend. Dates will be fixed with consultation of circles concerned.
2) In the charter of demands of Strike by NFPE & AIPEU
GDS, the 1st demand should be “Implementation of positive
recommendations of Shri Kamalesh Chandra Committee report on GDS. Grant Civil
servant status to GDS and pensionary benefits as per CCS (Pension) rules 1972.”
3) NFPE & AIPEU GDS prepared to for strike in the month
of August 2017, if the positive recommendations of GDS Report are not
implemented by the Govt before 30-06-2017.
4) A delegation of NFPE & AIPEU GDS will meet Minister,
Communications and submit a memorandum to expedite Membership verification in
GDS cadre and also implementation of GDS Committee Report.
5) The GDS Court Case filed by AIPEU GDS & NFPE –
leaders will meet the Advocate to expedite the case.
6) Financial position of the CHQ would be improved by
collecting donations/contributions from NFPE affiliated Unions’ CHQs &
Circles along with GDS and their well-wishers.
7) The next All India Conference will hold by Gujrat Circle,
as proposed during Nov-Dec 2017.
Accordingly, all the CHQ office bearers,
Circle Secretaries & Division/Branch Secretaries of AIPEU GDS take note of
the CWC decisions and start mobilization to hold meetings at Circle level in
all the Circles with the coordination of NFPE unions. Dates of meetings should
be fixed at the earliest and inform to CHQ & NFPE for necessary arrangements
i.e., to adjust the dates for smooth holding of meetings in the Circles.
NFPE Federal Executive meeting
The 1st Federal Executive meeting of NFPE
after its Federal Council which was held during 7th to 9th
September 2016 in Guwahati (Assam). The
meeting endorsed all the programmes of AIPEU GDS and assured to give
instructions to all affiliated unions in all the Circles. The Leadership of
NFPE is committed to GDS issues for settling all the problems unitedly with
AIPEUGDS. All the decisions of the CWC meeting conveyed to Federal Executives
of NFPE for their total support and cooperation.
Comrades, the economic policies of the Govt
are much influenced the system of GDS. It is not that easy to go for
implementation of positive recommendations in GDS Committee Report under these
policies. It needs struggles and sacrifice of GDS and postal employees again
& again. Every GDS should always be aware of the historical experiences in
connection with the implementation of recommendations of GDS Committees’
Reports after the emergence of reforms in the Department of Posts.
Let us unite together, fight together and
achieve together with continuous struggles till our demands are reached in our
favour.
With greetings … P.Pandurangarao
General Secretary