Comrades,
As you
are aware that we have written a letter to Secretary Post mentioning the
genuine problems of Postal employees as 10 points of Charter of demands. We
have also intimated the Secretary Post in the said letter about the phased
agitational programmes including one day strike on 23.08.2017.
With response to our
letter Secretary Post has made an appeal vide letter No. 08-12/2017 dated 16.06.2017
to call off the agitational programmes which is published below:
We are now giving
reply to the Secretary Post vide letter No. PF-12/2017 dated 19th
June, 2017 which is published below:
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National Federation of Postal Employees
1st Floor North Avenue Post
Office Building, New Delhi-110 001
Phone: 011.23092771 e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com
No. PF-12/2017 Dated : 19th June,2017
To
The
Secretary,
Department
of Posts,
Dak
Bhawan.
New Delhi-110 001
SUB
: CALL OF AGITATIONAL PROGRAMMES BY NFPE
Ref
: Directorate letter
No.08-12/2017-SR dated 16th June-2017.
While acknowledging the receipt of
your letter cited above I , on behalf of
NFPE and all its affiliated Unions/Associations , like to make it clear that we
, as a responsible organisation , always stand for negotiated settlement and
want to avoid confrontation with the administration. But we regret to note that
in spite of our positive approach and patiently waiting for two years for
redressal of our genuine grievances , things are not moving at
Directorate level and same is the position with many circles also. For example
:-
(1)
No direct recruitment to fill up
outside quota vacancies has taken place for the last three years. Examinations
are being conducted, but final list of selected candidates are not published.
7th CPC has stated that there are 60000 vacancies remaining unfilled in Postal
department as on 31.12.2015. Now the figure will be more than one lakh. Ahout
40% posts are lying vacant in each division and employees are suffering like
anything. Are the employees responsible for this state of affairs? As
DOP&T has repeatedly made it clear that there is no ban on filling up of
vacant posts, who is responsible for three years delay in filling up of posts ?
(2) GDS Committee Report is submitted to
Government on 24th November 2016. Even after seven months the recommendations
are still under process. Approval of Communications Minister , Ministry
of Personnel , Ministry of Law , Ministry of Finance , Cabinet approval --- all
these stages are pending . Kamalesh Chandra Committee took 18 months only for
submitting the report , but it seems that Postal board will take two years for
implementing the recommendations. Are the employees responsible for this
unjustified delay ?
(3)
Re-verification of membership of
Departmental employees was completed in the year 2015. Even after two years
results are not published. GDS re-verification of membership, it was due in
2015. Process of calling for applications from unions/associations completed. After
that nothing is moving. What prevents the Postal Board from conducting
membership verification of GDS and also declaring the result of departmental employees?
Are we responsible for the two years delay?
(4)
Regarding Cadre restructuring of
Postal Group -C, we submitted a detailed memorandum requesting some
modification's and also uniform guidelines to all circles etc . Then Secretary,
Department of Posts assured us that pending decision on our memorandum, the
Cadre restructuring orders will be kept in abeyance. But the Directorate
went ahead with unilateral implementation in certain circles putting a large
section of Group-C employees to untold miseries. What prevented the department
in honouring the assurance given by Secretary, Department of Posts?
(5) Event though repeated assurances were
given that Cadre-restructuring proposal of left out categories will be
implemented shortly , now almost four years are over after signing the
Cadre-restructuring agreement between Postal Board and Staff side. Are we
responsible for this unpardonable delay?
(6)
Orders for revision of wages of
casual labourers with effect from 01.01.2006 was issued by Directorate in
January 2015 and again orders for revision of wages from 01.01.2016 was also issued.
But till this date the Directorate orders are not implemented in Tamilnadu
Circle. What prevents the Directorate to make the CPMG Tamilnadu Circle to
implement Directorate orders ? Is CPMG Tamilnadu circle superior to Secretary ,
Department of Posts ?
(7)
There are many other issues also
which remains unsettled for years together due to the indifferent attitude of
the Postal Board.
In short, we feel that things are not moving at
Directorate level and there is paralysis in file movement and decision making.
We want things to move and staff grievances settled in a time -bound manner.
Instead of assurances, we want result-oriented action
.
I once again assure you that we are ready to call-
off the proposed agitational programmes , provided the department come forward
for a satisfactory , result-oriented negotiated settlement on all the demands
raised by us in our memorandum .
Yours
Faithfully,
R.N.PARASHAR
Secretary
General.
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