Comrades,

You know it well that all Circle Unions (NFPE/AIPEU, GDS), West Bengal Circle have already issued strike notice on 07.05.2018. And accordingly all Branch/Divisional Unions are requested to issue strike intimation from launch hours program ensuring huge gathering of Deptt. / GDS employees on 10^th May’ 2018 and feed back the result to Circle Unions.

The text of Strike intimation and character of demands are given below.

                                                               NFPE Group of Unions

Text of Strike intimation

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION, Gr. “C”

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION, POSTMEN AND MTS

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION, GDS

----------------------Divn. Branch

No:                                                                                            dtd. 10.05.2018

To,

The Divisional Head

………………………

……………………..

Strike intimation at Branch/Division for indefinite Strike from 22^nd May’ 2018.

Dear Sir/Madam,

            This is for your kind intimation that under instruction of our Central HQ (NFPE) the above Unions decided to go on indefinite Strike from 22^nd May’2018 on the following demands. The Circle unions have already submitted Strike notice on 07.05.2018 in this regards. The Strike notice and charter of demands are enclosed herewith for ready reference.

             This is for you kind information.

        Thanking you,         

                                                                            Yours faithfully   

Enclo:-- As above.       

 Divn. Secretary                       Divn. Secretary            Divn. Secretary                                                AIPEU GDS               AIPEU, Postmen & MTS      AIPEU, Group  'C                                                                       

       

Today an urgent meeting held at Circle Union Office, All Circle Secretaries (Group of NFPE) have decided unanimously to go on indefinite Strike from 22^nd May’ 2018 on  support of AIPEU, GDS Union’s strike and others burning local issues. The Strike notice has already been served today to the Chief Postmaster General, West Bengal Circle.

All divisional/ Branch Secretaries are requested to serve the strike intimation on 10^th May, 2018 to the Divisional Head to organize a demonstration at lunch hours. The text of strike intimation will be sent shortly and posters & leaflets are also sent within stipulated time. 

DAILY RATESOF DAILY RATED TICCA WORKERS/OUTSIDE DRIVERS OF INSPECTION VEHICLE/ MAIL VAN ( CO's Order)

    As per decision of Postal Coordination Committee , West Bengal Circle has decided to hold a Day long Dharna on 6^th April 2018 at every Division of West Bengal Circle on following demands:-

1. Immediate implementation positive recommendation of Kamalesh Chandra Committee Report .

2. Implement CSI after RICT and after developing proper infrastructure.  

3. Fill up all vacant posts of all Cadre.

4. Stop outsourcing , privatization and contractorization.  

5. Immediate publication of result of Membership verification for departmental employee & resume process of membership verification for GDS employees &  others burning issues.

All Divisional/Branch Secretaries & Circle Office Bearers are requested to take serious efforts to make the programme the grand success.

Circle Union writes to PMG South Bengal Region  regarding irregular and unjust recovery of penal rent from some officials of Asansol Division.

CIRCLE UNION WRITES A LETTER TO CH. PMG WB CIRCLE REGARDING HOLDING OF BI- MONTHLY MEETING OF NORTH BENGAL REGION.

CIRCLE  UNION ( P4) WRITES  TO CH. PMG WB CIRCLE, REGARDING NON PAYMENT OF PRO-RATA WAGES TO OUTSIDERS / GDS EMPLOYEES ENGAGED ON ADHOC/ UNAPPROVED CAPACITY AGAINST SHORT TERM VACANCY/ LEAVE VACANCY IN THE POST OF POSTMAN/ GR. –D ,CADRE.

Circle Union writes to Chief PMG, WB Circle regarding change of Postal Holiday on 1st March,2018 (Dolyatra) instead of 2nd March,2018.

REVISED  CHARTER  OF  DEMANDS  FOR  DEMONSTATION  AT  DIVISIONS  ON  22.02.2018. 

     Comrades, the main demands (circle level) for the demonstration scheduled to be held on 22.02.2018 at all divisions are appended below. You are requested to add your local deamands with it and submit a memorandum to the Chief PMG, W.B.Circle with copies to the divisional and regional head.

1.     Implement positive recommendations of Kamalesh Chandra Committee Report for wage revision of GDS employees immediately.
2. a)   Implementation of Directorate order no. 2-53/2011-PCC dated 22.01.2015 granting effect of 6thCPC and pending D.A. to the Part time contingent-paid workers in East Kolkata and North Kolkata Divisions.

b)   Imeplementation of Ministry of Communication, Department of Posts, SPB-1 section, Memo no. 45-24/88 SPB-1 dated 17.05.1989 and GOI, Ministry of Communication & IT, Department of Posts no. 2-53/2011-PCC dated 17.06.2016, instructing to treat Mazdoor, Casual labourer, Contingent-paid worker, daily wager, Daily Rated Mazdoor, outsider etc. as ‘Casual Labourers’.

c)   Allotment and adequate and sufficient fund for making regular payment of wages to all daily-rated mazdoors in RMS. 
d)  Decisions of halting engagement of DRMs must be stopped as new services are continuously launched and enormous pressure is created on existing staffs despite huge vacancy in every division. The support and engagement of DRMs must be continued on realistic assessment and must not be left on the whims of local administrations.

3.      Rolling out RICT with adequate training with live training server, hands-on device training, training material in local language and after ensuring good connectivity. Recruitment to all vacant GDS posts, especially GDSBPMs, must be ensured to avoid irregular assigning of device and training to less-qualified GDS officials at large numbers of offices.

4.      Ensure proper infrastructure, adquate training, AV-AD Rollout and consistent connectivity to all offices before implementation of CSI.

5.      Stop whimsical acquiring of space at different H.O.s for setting up IPPB. Local suggestions from divisions must be heeded to before identifying such space. Provisions for keeping records at all H.O.s must be given due importance and staff quarters should not be occupied for keeping records.

6.      Ensure proper infrastructure at Nabadiganta e-commerce parcel hub under Kolkata RMS division and revise schedule of Mail Motor Service.

7.      Ensure disposal of all disciplinary cases in time-bound manner and initiate action against officers not obeying the timeline prescribed by different authorities from time to time. 

8.      Stop shifting of Divl Office and Accounts branch of Kolkata Fgn. Post to RLO building. Stop transfer of business office from the establishment of Fgn. Post to RLO, Kolkata.

9.      Stop irregular and unjustified administrative high-handedness in North Bengal Region, like --- obtaining declaration from PM/SPMs making them liable for transfer under Rule-37 if daily 5 speed articles are not booked, and threat of issue of transfer orders of SPMs on offices where speednet data could not be uploaded due to connectivity issues on some isolated dates only.

10.      Drop the move of amendment in the PA CO, PA SBCO Recruitment Rules. 
11. Scrap the provision of engagement of Outsourced Postal Agents immediately and fill  up the delivery-related vacant posts in the department.

Please prepare the forwarding letter as given herein below :

NFPE Group of Unions

All India Postal Employees Union GDS

_______________________________  Division 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To,

   The Chief PMG,

   W.B.Circle

   Kokata-12.

No:                                                                                                                                 Date :

    Sub: Submission of charter of demands adopted by the mass demonstration dated 22.02.2018.

Respected Madam,

                                Kindly find enclosed herewith the charter of demands on the burning problems and inconveniences being suffered by all cross-sections of the postal employees, lying for disposal  at Dte.,  Circle and Divl levels.    

             Today's mass demonstration demands immediate actions towards reasonable settlement of all these problems to avoid further conflicts in coming days in which the postal services may be adversely affected by series of trade union movements throughout the circle.

 Enclo : as stated above.

(Signature of Divl Secretaries)

  

 

Red Salute Com. Tapan Das Adhikari and Com. Anup Patra, Red salute.

          You know it well that immediate after our Circle Conference we have lost Com. Tapan Das Adhikari and Com. Anup Patra in a deedly accident at Darjeeling on 7^th Nov. 2017. Tapan Das Adhikari suffered spot dead while Anup Patra serious brain injury. A part from them, Com. Asish Dutta, Com. Kanai Pan, Com. Subhendu Ghosh, Com. Chitta Kar, Com. Prashanta Shit, Com. Sashanko Mahapatra, Com. Dipankar Patra and Com. Bidyadhar Giri also suffered minor injuries. However, after this tragic incident, our entire organization jumped at their help. But finally Anup Patra could not be saved.

        In memory of those two departed Comrades, Condolence meeting has been held on 28 January’ 2018 at K. G. Bose Memorial Bhawan, Contai. Presidum comprising Com. Asish Dutta, Com. Durgapada Kamila, Com. Jawharlal Paira and Com. Prahalad Patra presided over the meeting. Family members were also present in the meeting. Com. Manas Pradhan, Divn Secertary of Postmen & MTS, Contai Divn followed by Com. Lakhi kanta Jana, Com. Tapan Bhowmick, Com. Janardan Majumdar, Com. Sanatan Das, Com. Annwesha Biswas, Com. Bhawani Shit, Com. Tapan Shit and Com Ajit Rana recollected the post mainly organizational role of those two comrades, their family back ground of poverty and present crisis. In addition to this Com. Sukumar Mondal, Com. Bibhas Ghara, Com. Tapan Bharati, Com. Adhir Das, Com. Manoj Shaw, Com. Pranab Das, Com. Nipen Mahato, Com. Bhaktipada Dhal and Com. Bhabatosh Mahato were present in this condolence meeting.  

          A sum of Rs.50000.00 (Rs. Fifty thousand) only had been donated to each family of victims by both Circle Unions and Divisional Unions of Contai Dn. separately. Apart from that Contai Divisional Unions donated of Rs. 5000.00 (Rs. Five thousand) only to each injured comrade. In our organizational history we will never forget this pathetic incident including untimely death of our comrades. At the same time role of our organization as a whole will ever be remembered.