National Federation of Postal Employees

NFPE

national federation of postal employees

ist floor, north avenue post office, new delhi – 110001

urgent circular

get ready for immediate strike if situation warrants

STRIKE DATE WILL BE ADVANCED IF DEPARTMENT GO AHEAD WITH

IMPLEMENTATION OF MCKINSEY REFORMS:

FIVE LAKHS POSTAL EMPLOYEES OF INDIA POST

IN ONE VOICE DECLARE:

 NO MORE CLOSURE AND MERGER OF POST OFFICES

 NO MORE CLOSURE AND MERGER OF SORTING SECTIONS AND RMS OFFICES

 NO MORE CURTAILMENT OF DELIVERIES AND POSTMEN BEATS

 NO MORE FIRST CLASS MAIL HUBS AND DELIVERY HUBS

 NO MORE FRANCHISE (PRIVATE) POST OFFICES AND POST SHOPPE.

 NO MORE OUTSOURCING AND CONTRACTORISATION OF POSTAL FUNCTIONS

AND ALSO WE DEMAND

 IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT OF LONG PENDING SECTIONAL DEMANDS OF ALL CADRES OF POSTAL AND RMS EMPLOYEES INCLUDING GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS AND CASUAL LABOURERS.

INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 2011 JULY 5^TH

 IN 1946 JULY ENTIRE P&T EMPLOYEES WENT ON INDEFINITE STRIKE AGAINST THE BRITISH IMPERIALISM

IN 2011 JULY ENTIRE POSTAL EMPLOYEES ARE GOING AHEAD FOR ANOTHER INDEFINITE

STRIKE AGAINST THE IMPERIALIST GLOBALIZATION POLICIES AND THE US-BASED MCKINSEY REFORMS IN INDIA POST

WE DON'T WANT THE FOREIGN CONSULTANT TO DECIDE OUR FATE

MCKINSEY IS FOR PRIVATISATION OF INDIA POST

WE SHALL OPPOSE IT LOCK STOCK AND BARREL

WE ARE READY TO SACRIFICE TO SAVE INDIA POST

PREPARE FOR A DETERMINED AND UNCOMPROMISING STRUGGLE

MAKE THE MAY 25TH DHARNA PROGRAMME A GRAND SUCCESS.

ORGANISE CIRCLE LEVEL JOINT CONVENTIONS OF NFPE & FNPO

PARTICIPATE IN THE JUNE 19TH ALL INDIA JOINT CONVENTION AT CHENNAI.

Dear Comrades,

We are in receipt of encouraging reports from various circles and Divisions about the mobilisation by grass root level workers and leaders for the total participation of employees in the indefinite strike from 5th July 2011 as per the call of Central Joint Council of Action (NFPE, FNPO & GDS Unions)

Department's move for implementing the Mckinsey Consultancy's disastrous recommendations has resulted in allround protest and stiff resistance from employees especially in Chennai and Hyderabad. Chennai Postmen staff has went on three day's strike and successfully resisted the Mckinsey reforms and halted it. Andhra comrades are conducting continuous agitational and campaign programmes throughout the Circle against the unilateral implementation of Mckinsey reforms. "Mckinsey Go Back" has become the slogan of the fighting comrades.

Postal Board is trying to go ahead with the Mckinsey reforms. Speed post hubs have resulted in erosion of public faith in the efficiency of this premium services. Now the department want to implement hubs for first class ordinary mails and registered articles. Total number of sorting offices will be reduced to 77. Further Chief PMGs have already sent proposals to Directorate for closure / merger of thousands of Post offices in urban areas. Privatisation and contractorisation of the Mail Motor Service (MMS) is also on the anvil. Opening of Franchise Post offices (Private Post offices) in a new name called "Post shoppe" and outsourcing of many other postal functions are also under serious consideration. Orders are already issued abolishing the sorting postman cadre altogether.

Gramin Dak Sevaks are facing the worst attack they have ever faced after independence of the country. Bonus has been reduced. Norms for cash handling and stamp sale drastically reduced. Norms for calculating the workload and allowances of Branch Postmasters have been curtailed resulting in reduction of allowances. Compassionate appointments limited to 10%. 25% of the Postmen vacancies are given to outsiders. And as a last blow, the GDS Conduct and Employment Rules has been changed and instead of "Employment" the word "Engagement" has been substituted. "Appointing authority" is changed as "Recruiting Authority", thus permanently blocking the chances of GDS to be treated as Civil Servants. All the adverse recommendations of Nataraja Moorthy Committee are implemented one by one. The revision of wages of casual labours w.e.f. 01.01.2006 is still pending and the orders for outsourcing their work is not yet withdrawn.

Many sectional demands listed in the 25 point charter of demands are yet to be settled. Cadre restructuring of all cadres, Decentralization of PLI and RPLI, Filling up of vacancies, Revision of OSA and OTA rates, Non implementation of JCM (Departmental Council) assurances, Non-settlement of demands raised in the Postman Committee, issues of MTS, parity in pay-scale and promotion to MMS Drivers, SBCO and Civil Wing issues, problems of Postal Accounts Staff, counting of services of ex-RTP staff, Discrimination towards PO and RMS Accountants Cadre, MACP anomalies, review of Postmaster cadre orders etc. are agitating the minds of the employees for the last more than one year.

Comrades, the very existence of Postal Department as a Government Services and its five lakhs employees is under threat from the Government. This is a question of "DO or DIE". We have to face the challenge. We shall fight it out with all forces at our command. We are confident that we can stop this onslaught.

Let us prepare ourselves for a massive breakdown from 5th July 2011, which alone can compel the Government to come forward and settle the genuine demands of the Postal workers.

Will greetings,

Fraternally yours,

M.Krishnan

Secretary General, NFPE

Mob: 09447068125

Email: nfpehq@gmail.com

After the total failure of Speed Post Hub Experiment.....

McKInsey Model Hubs for first class mails also!!!

NUMBER OF SORTING OFFICES WILL BE REDUCED TO 77.

Proposed set of level-1 Sorting Centres for First Class Mail

(Ordinary & Registered)

S.No..	Circle	Sorting hubs
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad
2.	Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool
3.	Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati
4.	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada
5.	Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam
6.	Assam	Guwahati
7.	Bihar	Bhagalpur
8.	Bihar	Muzaffarpur
9.	Bihar	Patna
10.	Chattisgarh	Bilaspur
11.	Chattisgarh	Raipur
12.	Delhi	Delhi
13.	Gujarat	Ahmedabad
14.	Gujarat	Anand
15.	Gujarat	Rajkot
16.	Gujarat	Surat
17.	Gujarat	Vadodara
18.	Haryana	Ambala
19.	Haryana	Gargaon
20.	Himachal Pradesh	Pathankot
21.	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
22.	J & K	Jammu
23.	J & K	J &K Srinagar
24.	Jharkhand	Dhanbad
25.	Jharkhand	Jamshedpur
26.	Jharkhand	Ranchi
27.	Karnataka	Bangalore
28.	Karnataka	Karnataka Belgaum
29.	Karnataka	Hubli
30.	Karnataka	Mangalore
31.	Karnataka	Mysore
32.	Kerala	Kochi
33.	Kerala	Kottayam
34.	Kerala	Kozhikkode
35.	Kerala	Thiruvalla
36.	Kerala	Trichur
37.	Kerala	Trivandrum
38.	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
39.	Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior
40.	Madhya Pradesh	Indore
41.	Maharashtra	Aurangabad
42.	Maharashtra	Mumbai
43.	Maharashtra	Nagpur
44.	Maharashtra	Panaji
45.	Maharashtra	Pune
46.	Maharashtra	Satara
47.	North East	Dimapur
48.	Orissa	Bhubaneswar
49.	Orissa	Cuttak
50.	Orissa	Sambalpur
51.	Punjab	Chandigargh
52.	Punjab	Jalandhar
53.	Punjab	Ludhiana
54.	Rajasthan	Ajmer
55.	Rajasthan	Jaipur
56.	Rajasthan	Jodhpur
57.	Tamilnadu	Chennai
58.	Tamilnadu	Coimbatore
59.	Tamilnadu	Erode
60.	Tamilnadu	Madurai
61.	Tamilnadu	Salem
62.	Tamilnadu	Tirunelveli
63.	Tamilnadu	Trichy
64.	Tamilnadu	Villupuram
65.	Uttar Pradesh	Agra
66.	Uttar Pradesh	Allahabad
67.	Uttar Pradesh	Ghaziabad
68.	Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur
69.	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow
70.	Uttar Pradesh	Moradabad
71.	Uttar Pradesh	Saharanpur
72.	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi
73.	Uttaranchal	Dehradun
74.	West Bengal	Burdwan
75.	West Bengal	Howrah
76.	West Bengal	Kolkata
77.	West Bengal	Siliguri.

Source: Mail Network Optimisation Project.0

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M.Krishnan
Secretary General NFPE