NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
1st Floor
North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
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RESOLUTION
ADOPTED FROM FIVE DAYS RELAY DHARNA (12.02.2018 to 16.02.2018) AT MEGHDOOT
BHAWAN, NEW DELHI
This mammoth 5 days’ Relay Dharna
held at Chief PMG office, Meghdoot Bhawan, New Delhi notes with gravest concern
that the Postal Administration has gradually become apathetic and inconsiderate
towards the genuine grievances of postal employees including GDS/Part time/DRMs.
Negotiating forums have been made defunct. Periodical meetings are not being
held since long. Even JCM departmental council meeting has not been held since
last one year. The Department of Posts is bringing about serious changes in its
operation, functioning and launching new services. We are also supporting such
changes for ensuring prompt services to people and there by existence of our
department. But in our opinion all are being done unilaterally and in a hasty
manner without caring the least even for the recommended infrastructure and
training. The views of staff of our department, which is the actual resource
represented by this Federation and also other legitimate bodies are completely
neglected, denied of.
In recent years right from
Branch/Division to All India we have conducted a series of agitation programs
followed by All India Strike on 23rd August 2017 to express our
grievances and also to attract the attention of administration in the interest
of services along with the burning issues of staff side. But unfortunately we
are feeling that the Postal Administration of different tiers are paying no
heed to our genuine protest, rather refusing to start dialogues with the staff
side. Even at present our Trade Union rights like grant of special casual
leave, leave to attend union meetings and program are also drastically denied
of. As a whole, the legitimacy of the staff side is being humiliated every day
and purposefully organization is being made insignificant. Sometimes it looks
like declaring an administrative war against its own staff and staff
representatives.
This august platform still does
not believe in conflicts as it would only frustrate the noble purpose of public
service rendered by India Post. All ways from our side are still open for
dialogue and cooperation. In this background we think for our existence it
would be wise if Postal Administration comes forward and starts effective
discussions to utilize the potency of the Postal employees taking them into
confidence rather than treating as hurdles. With this hope this continuous
demonstration demands immediate restoration of all round dialogues with the
staff side at all tiers and bringing back all forum into effect. At all India
level this dialogue should immediately be started on our 15 Points Charter of
Demands (Copy enclosed). Already we have backed by the walls. So if present
ongoing pains, miseries of staff and ignorance to staff side still are continued
or intensified, the situation will compel the entire postal employees to resort
to start wider form of trade union action including Indefinite Strike, for
which the Administration will be solely responsible.
(Giriraj Singh)
President, NFPE
& also President of the program
