Monday 21 January 2013

EDITORIAL - BHARTIYA POST FEBRUARY - 2013

 February 20,21,2013 General Strike - Let us write its historic success

In the National Convention of Workers called by the 11 Central Trade Unions including INTUC, CITU, AITUC, BMS etc., a clarion call was made to organise Two Days Strike on 20-21 February 2013 against the anti-worker policies of the Government and demanding settlement of the issues of the workers, especially in the unorganised sector.

The National Convention of Workers held on 4th September, 2012 in the capital expressed its deep concern and anguish at the total non-response of the Govt. to address the burning Issues of the working people viz containing price-rise, universalisation of social security rights for unorganized sector workers, ensuring proper minimum wages, mass scale contractorisation, rampant violation of labour laws and onslaught on trade union rights etc., despite consistent persuasion by all in united platform of the entire trade union movement in the country through various forms of countrywide programmes and agitations in a democratic manner since last three years. The workers continuous agitations over the years have been simply ignored and side lined and there is no sign of turn the tables on its own by the present Government. 

The Govt. is continuing the same anti people economic policy even seeking to enact legislations in all sectors like FDI in retail and pension that run contrary to the interest of working people and their social security rights besides generating a severe recessionary impact on the national economy.

When all the central trade unions irrespective of their political affiliation are united and issued a strike call to save the nation and its working class in particular, all the other trade unions and organisations have no the only option to fall line with the main stream of the working class and accordingly all the National Federations, All India Unions etc. have already endorsed the strike call of all the central trade unions and preparing for an effective strike. As usual, in its own traditions and the policy decision, the NFPE has already decided and declared to go on strike as per the decisions of the Confederation and started preparations. FNPO has also decided to join the strike and accordingly in the postal sector, the call was given on behalf of the Postal JCA by incorporating the sectional demands of the postal and CG employees’ demands.

The Confederation and the Postal JCA have already released its tour programme to organise the workers for the effective participation in the strike. We cannot be in isolation when the entire working class agitate to save the workers and the common people from the retrograde policies of the present Government. Even though we may have some local problems to organise another strike within two months, we must take it as a challenge and see the cent per cent participation of our membership. It is possible and we are capable of it. We are not going to lose big things except the wages. But it will certainly realise the Govt that the workers are having the right to strike and will not tolerate any decisions affecting the working class and the common people at large.

Never before in the history of the country there has been a nation-wide general strike for two days. There are no such instances in the past where trade unions irrespective of their political affiliations have come together in this manner.

It is our boundan duty to make the strike an historic success in the postal sector. Please organise Gate Meetings and organise comrades for the massive participation in the ensuing strike. Please visit all offices and garner support from all corners duly explaining the justification of demands and our role and responsibilities. Let us take pledge and organise for the ensuing strike.

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
13.02.2013
Hyderabad
NFPE
R. Sivannarayana G/S 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
Balwinder Singh Financial Secy. 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
H.P. Diwakar ,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 Singh 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
N. Gopalkrishnan 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 Singh 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 General, FNPO