ALL
INDIA POSTAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES’ EMPLOYEES’ UNION GROUP ‘C’ & ‘D’
Affiliated to NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES Central
Headquarters: 30/3 - D, P&T Quarters, Kali Bari Marg,
New Delhi-110001
_________________________________________________________
No.
AU/CHQ/Circular/2013, Dated 11.02.2013
To
All
Circle Secretaries/Regional Secretaries/CHQ Office Bearers
Sub:
February 20th & 21st (Two Days) General Strike
Dear Comrades,
At the call of Central Trade Unions
& Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, postal JCA - both
National Federation of Postal Employees & Federation of National Postal
Organizations (FNPO), India and world will be witnessing one of the biggest
strike of the united working class on February 20th & 21st, for the first time in the history. All the Central Trade Unions including INTUC,
BMS, AITUC CITU, HMS etc. , Employees Central & State, Teachers
Federations, public sector organizations, are participating in the strike. The main demand is reversal of the
anti-Labour, anti-people, neo-liberal economic policies of the Central
government. Campaign of confederation’s
National leaders is going on in all the stales.
Endorsing the decision of the Central
Trade Unions and Federations, Strike Notice has been served by the
confederation to the Cabinet Secretary.
After parliament March on 26th July, 2012 & submission of
Memorandum to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on 26th July, 2012
through this clarion call of Strike on 20th & 21st
February, practically, the Central govt. Employees are as a whole, in the
continuous process of movements & struggles as we had already joined nationwide Strike in the 1st phase on 12th December, 2012.
In Postal, both NFPE & FNPO are
participating in the nationwide strike under the banner of Joint Council of
action for achieving the Goal.
The demand for appointment of 7th
CPC and merger of 50 % DA, is still pending.
We must continue our struggle till these demands are accepted by the Govt.
of India.
In addition to the common charter of
demands, postal JCA has raised the Postal oriented demands also, including wage
revision, DA merger, against abolition of posts, National Postal Policy, GDS
demands, Casual Labour issues, Cadre restructuring, revision of OTA rates &
compassionate appointments. The joint
strike notice has been served to the Secretary, Department of Posts on
22.01.2013. Copy of the strike Notice
and charter of demands have already been published in the websites and also in
the journals of all unions and Federations.
As part of the campaign programme, all India leaders of NFPE & FNPO
jointly addressing the campaign programmes in all Circles.
APPEAL
Globalization & Neo-Liberal
policies through the processes of in formalization and casualization, is
reducing the size of employment in the Government Sectors and expanding that in
the unorganized and informal sectors.
With the growing contracting out of jobs of the Government Sectors and
public sectors, the prospects of EMPLOYMENT GROWH in the government and public
sectors, are becoming bleak. Since
adoption of Neo-Liberal policies in 1991, Govt. & public sectors have lost
almost 50 % of the total work force in 20 years in a situation when our current
enrolment of younger generation for higher studies ( above 12th
class standard) per year, is more than 1.5 Crore. Further when, technological changes are
always invited, but that should not result in unemployment in a country like
ours where several crores of educated youths are seeking jobs. So, the nation must have control over the
pace of technological changes.
That is why, we have been asking for filling
up of the vacant posts and creating of posts on functional requirements. We are demanding stop downsizing, out
sourcing, contractorization, cooperation & privatization of Govt.
functions.
We are demanding for removal of the
anomalies in the MACP scheme, for FIVE PROMOTIONS to all employees as is
provided for in the case of Group-A services, for withdrawal of the PFRDA Bill,
for scrapping of the New contributory pension scheme & demanding the right
to strike to be treated as a legal and fundamental right of the Government
employees on par with other sections of the working class.
We believe that strong labour
Institutions/Unions and State intervention are essential for building
industrial systems based on the principles of equity and justice.
Neo- Liberal policies are in full swing
operating to exclude the working class from the national politics by privatization
and casualization of works in government and public sector undertakings. Thus, we, the working class are in danger of
being eliminated as a significant social institution. We, the working class, will have to show
& prove that they (can) strongly organize in defence of their interests
through Nationwide strike on 20th & 21st of February,
2013.
Friends, our path of struggles were
never strewn with the flowers of popular applause. Our ancestors have always played a great role
in mobilizing the working class for festival advance, improved rate of DA, for
formation of 2nd CPC in 1958,
3rd CPC, 4th CPC, 5th CPC & 6th
CPC, for weekly off, better & improved pay scale, increment and better
fixation formula, Two promotions-Three
promotions, Bonus and Child Care Leave.
Many senior comrades were jailed, dismissed severely punished by
reduction upto 2-3 stages, reverted to Lower cadres and even died of firing to
achieve those demands. Presently,
whatever we are enjoying, are the resultant effects of their struggles,
sacrifice, atrocities and blood-shed. So, comrades, definitely, wake up to
the call of two days’ nationwide strike on 20th & 21st
February, 2013 and victory will be ours.
For two days’ strike, Multi-Tasking
staff would face wage cut for 2 days ranging from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1000 per day
depending upon length of service & PACO & supervisors would face wage
cut ranging from Rs. 750 to Rs. 1600 depending upon the length of service. Whereas for non merger of 50 % of DA with
Basic Pay, one MTS is getting a wage loss ranging from Rs. 2000 (approx) to Rs.
4000 per month & that of PACO & Supervisor varies between Rs. 3000 to
Rs. 6500 per month since 01.07.2012.
Banks & LIC employees are losing their wages for 4 to 6 days or more
in a year at a regular measure and as a result of that Senior most employees
have gained more than us.
So, comrades, it is not the question
of losing our two days’ wages. We must
fight together as obedient soldiers under the call of Central JCA for making
the strike of 20th & 21st February, 2013 a glorious
success & face the threat of extinction.
Keep close contact with all the Regional secretaries over phone so that
they do not feel isolated & make them aware of this circular & involve
them in a massive scale to join the strike.
Please make an appeal to all members
to join the strike enmasse & under no circumstances strike days should be
compromised by submitting any kind of appeal or petition or medical
certificates etc.
With revolutionary greetings.
Yours
comradely,
.
(PRANAB
BHATTACHARJEE)
General
Secretary
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