NFPE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT ENDORSES GDS PROGRAMME OF ACTION
NFPE FEDERAL SECRETARIAT MET TODAY
UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMME OF GDS UNION DEMANDING MODIFICATIONS OF GDS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION:
- DEMONSTRATIONS AT ALL PLACES ON 11.11.2008 PROTESTING AGAINST THE NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF GDS COMMITTEE AND DEMANDING MEANINGFUL NEGOTIATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS THEREON.
- FULL SOLIDARITY AND PARTICIPATION IN THE PADA YATRA MASS CAMPAIGN PROGRAMME FROM 20.11.2008 TO 26.11.2008.
- NFPE CONVENTION OF CIRCLE SECRETARIES AND CHQ OFFICE BEARERS TO MEET IN GUNTUR ON 29.11.2008 TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE ABOUT FUTURE COURSE OF ACTION - CONSULTATION WITH CONFEDERATION AND POSTAL JCA WILL BE MADE BEFORE THE GUNTUR CONVENTION FOR BROADER UNITY.
BUILD STRONGER UNITY BETWEEN REGULAR AND GDS – CREATE CONFIDENCE THAT STAND UNITED WE WIN AND STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.
Dear Comrades! The NFPE Federal Secretariat has met today and discussed the GDS Committee recommendations and future task in particular.
The Secretariat noted unanimously that while marginal improvements are there in the GDS Committee Report, there are lot of negative recommendations that are to be focussed before the Department of Posts for rejecting the same.
The recommendations on DA Formula, Bonus Formula, Time factor, Gratuity, Prorata wages with corresponding categories of regular employees, TU Rights, Outsourcing of GDS functions and many other issues are negative in character and require to be either dropped or suitably modified.
It was decided that NFPE will submit a Note to the Department for its consideration of modification after discussion with us. NFPE will submit its Note after understanding the view points of the GDS Union on what type of modifications the GDS CHQ wants to be made in the report.
The Programme of Action called for by the GDS Union for Protest Demonstrations on 11.11.2008 and the Pada Yatra Mass Campaign from 20th to 26th November 2008 are unanimously endorsed by the NFPE. NFPE therefore call upon all Affiliated Unions and Associations at all levels to mobilise total solidarity and support to the cause of GDS and organise big demonstrations of regular employees in support of the demand for meaningful negotiations with the Staff Side for effective modifications on all negative recommendations before implementation of the Report of the GDS Committee.
Confederation of CG Employees has already adopted its resolution to organise an Indefinite Strike on a common charter of demands of Pay Commission related issues of CG Employees and GDS Committee related issues. NFPE will discuss with Postal JCA as well as with the Confederation for forging a larger unity of regular employees and GDS Employees for undertaking future course of action.
Let us unite with all for improving the GDS Committee and Pay Commission related issues.
Unity of all regular CG employees and GDS is the source of strength for meaningful negotiations.
Strengthen the unity and resolve to make progress.
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K.Ragavendran
Secretary General NFPE
The unity of GDS and regular CG employees could be set right when considered the factor of "employees". The service conditions, workload, responsibilities, working hours etc quite different among these two entities. This is a fact. This fact cannot be suppressed with any kind of arguments. Therefore when a common demands are highlighted it should be suitable and acceptable envisaging the above factors.
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