Result of the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of Postmaster Grade-1

Result of the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of Postmaster Grade-1 held on 12th June, 2011 vide letter No.A34012/03/2011-DE dated 30th June, 2011

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PM Grade I  :  View / Download

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July 5th Strike - Dindigul Division

List of Holidays for the year 2012

The Text of OM No. 12/3/2011-JCA 2  dated 27-6-2011 is reproduced below :

F.No.12/3/2011-JCA-2
Government of IndiaMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 27th June, 2011

Subject: Holidays to be observed In Central Government Offices during the year 2012.

It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure —I to this O.M. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2012. 
In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail himself/herself of any two holidays to be chosen by him/her out of the list of Restricted Holidays in Annexure — II.

2. Central Government Administrative Offices located outside Delhi / New Delhi shall observe the following holidays compulsorily in addition to three holidays as per para 3.1 below:
1. REPUBLIC DAY
2. INDEPENDENCE DAY
3. MAHATMA GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
4. BUDHA PURNIMA
5. CHRISTMAS DAY
6. DUSSEHRA (VIJAY DASHMI)
7. DIWALI (DEEPAVALI)
8. GOOD FRIDAY
9. GURU NANAK’S BIRTHDAY
10.IDU’L FITR
11.IDU’L ZUHA
12.MAHAVIR JAYANTI
13.MUHARRAM
14.PROPHET MOHAMMAD’S BIRTHDAY (ID-E-MILAD)

3.1. In addition to the above 14 Compulsory holidays mentioned in para 2, three holidays shall be decided from the list indicated below by the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in the State Capitals, if necessary, in consultation with Coordination Committees at other places in the State. The finai list applicable uniformly to all Central Government offices within the concerned State shall be notified after seeking prior approval of this Ministry and no change can be carried out thereafter. It is also clarified that no change is permissible in regard to festivals and dates as indicated.

1. AN ADDITIONAL DAY FOR DUSSEHRA
2. HOLI
3. JANAMASHTAMI (VAISHNAVI)
4. RAM NAVAMI
5. MAHA SHWRATRI
6. GANESH CHATURTHI / VINAYAK CHATURTHI
7. MAKAR SANKARANTI
8. RATH YATRA
9. ONAM
10. PONGAL
11. SRI PANCHAMI / BASANTA PANCHAMI
12. VISHU / VAISAKHI / VAISAKHADI / BHAG BIHU / MASHADI UGADI / CHAITRA SAKLADI / CHETI CHAND / GUDI PADA 1st NAVRATRA / NAURAJ/CHHATH POOJA/KARVA CHAUTH.

3.2 No substitute holiday should be allowed if any of the festival holidays initially declared subsequently happens to fall on a weekly off or any other non working day or in the event of more than one festivals falling on the same day.

4. The list of Restricted Holidays appended to this O.M. is meant for Central Government Offices located in Delhi / New Delhi. The Coordination Committees at the State Capitals may draw up separate list of Restricted Holidays keeping in view the occasions of local importance but the 9 occasions left over, after choosing the 3 variable holidays in para 3.1 above, are to be included in the list of restricted holidays.

5.1 For offices in Delhi / New Delhi, any change in the date of holidays in respect of Idu’l Fitr, Edu’l Zuha, Muharram and Id-e-Milad, if necessary, depending upon sighting of the Moon, would be declared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions after ascertaining the position from the Govt. of NCT of Delhi.

5.2 For offices outside Delhi / New Delhi, the Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committees at the State Capitals are authorised to change the date of holiday, if necessary, based on the decision of the concerned State Governments / Union Territories, in respect of ldu’l Fitr, Idu’l Zuha, Muharram and ld-e-Milad.

5.3 It may happen that the change of date of the above occasions has to be declared at a very short notice. In such a situation, announcement could be made through T.V. / A.I.R. / Newspapers and the Heads of Department / Offices of the Central Government may take action according to such an announcement without waiting for a formal order, about the change of date.

6. During 2012, Diwali (Deepavali) falls on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 (Kartika 22). In certain States, the practice is to celebrate the occasion a day in advance, i.e., on ‘Narakachaturdasi Day”. In view of this, there is no objection if holiday on account of Deepavali is observed on "Naraka Chaturdasi Day (in place of Deepavali Day) for the Central Government Offices in a State if in that State that day alone is declared as a compulsory holiday for Diwali for the offices of the State Government.

7. Central Government Organisations which include industrial, commercial and trading establishments would observe upto 16 holidays in a year including three national holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, as compulsory holidays. The remaining holidays / occasions may be determined by such establishments / organisations themselves for the year 2012, subject to para 3.2 above.

8. Union Territory Administrations shall decide the list of holidays in terms of Ministry of Home Affairs letter No.14046/27/83- GP-I dated 15.2.1984 by which they would observe a total of 16 holidays including the three National Holidays Viz. Republic Day, Independence Day & Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday.

9. in respect of Indian Missions abroad, the number of holidays may be notified in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.12/5/2002-JCA dated 17th December, 2002. In other words; they will have the option to select 10(Ten) holidays of their own only after including in the list, three National Holidays and Milad-un-Nabi or Id-E-Milad, Buddha Purnima, Idu’l Zuha (Bakrid) and Muharram included in the list of compulsory holidays and falling on days of weekly off.

10. In respect of Banks, the holidays shall be regulated in terms of the extant instructions issued by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

11. Hindi version will follow.

sd/-
(DINESH KAPILA)
Director (JCA

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POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES

FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANISATIONS

ALL INDIA POSTAL EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES

NATIONAL UNION OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

NEW DELHI – 110001

DISCUSSION WITH POSTAL BOARD AGAIN FAILED

DEPARTMENT ADAMANT ON IMPLEMENTING McKINSEY RECOMMENDATIONS

CENTRAL JCA DECIDES TO GO AHEAD WITH THE STRIKE

The third round of discussion held with the Postal Board today (27.06.2011) at 3 PM also failed due to the adamant position taken by the Department. Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, Secretary, Department of Posts, Sri. P. K. Giopinath, Member (Personnel), Mrs. Manjula Parashar, Member (Operations), Sri. Kamaleshwar Prasad, Member (HR) and other Senior Officers were present. Staff side was represented by Secretary Generals, NFPE, FNPO and other General Secretaries.

Immediately on commencement of the meeting the Staff Side expressed its strong resentment and protest against the decision of the Department to go ahead with the Mckinsey recommendations regarding Mail Network Optimisation Project. The Staff side demanded that the aleady failed experiment of speed post hubs should be withdrawn immediately and the decision to implement first class mails hubs and delivery hubs and closure/merger of offices should be dropped. After heated discussion for about two hours no consensus could be arrived on this important agenda of the Charter of Demands. Hence meeting ended with disagreement.

The Central JCA met after the discussion with Postal Board and took the following decisions: -

1. The JCA unanimously decided to go ahead with the strike decision.

2. Campaign and preparations at grass root level for the strike should be further intensified.

3. The indefinite strike shall commence at 6 AM on 05.07.2011

4. 100% strike should be ensured in all Branches/Divisions and Circles.

5. Strike shall not be withdrawn unless and until result – oriented settlement is reached on important items of Charter of Demands.

Source :  http://nfpe.blogspot.com/

GO BACK MCKINSEY ! GO BACK !

OPTIMIZATION OR LIQUIDATION?

The Mail Network Optimization Project (MNOP) has become Mail Network Liquidation Project (MNLP). Implementation of the "Speed Post hub" experiment has resulted in reducing 315 National Speed Post Centres to 89 speed post hubs. Introduction of the "First Class Mail hubs" will result in gradual extinction of 366 RMS Mail Sorting Offices. Delivery hubs will further result in withdrawal of delivery from hundreds of Urban Post Offices. The proposed closure or merger of 9797 urban Post offices will sound the death-knell of Post services. Is it optimization or liquidation?

Department of Posts is paying Consultancy fees to Mckinsey and Mckinsey is not paying any money to the INDIA POST. But the Mckinsey is behaving as if they have purchased the INDIA POST and are the real owner of it. They are passing orders to the employees above the head of departmental officers. Even Heads of Circles are bound to obey Mckinsey. Voice of the right-thinking employees and officers are suppressed and only those support Mckinsey are allowed to run the show.

Creation of hubs has resulted in abnormal delay in conveyance and delivery of speed post articles and everywhere back-routing is taking place. Even articles meant for local delivery are unnecessarily despatched to the hubs situated hundreds of miles away and from there again back-routed to the delivery Post offices causing avoidable delay. Speed post has lost its speed and the faith of public in this premium services has been shaken. Number of articles and revenue has come down. Still the authorities blindly go on repeating that it is a great success. It is just like "operation is successful, but the patient died". The introduction of the first class mails hubs and delivery hubs will be the "beginning of the demise of the Postal Services in India".


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CONFEDERATION CIRCULAR REGARDING POSTAL STRIKE COMMENCE ON 5th July

Employees portal reproduced the circular published by Confederation Secretary General Shri K.K.N.Kutty regarding indefinite postal strike action.

We write this to solicit your support and solidarity for the postal workers of the country who are preparing to go on indefinite strike action from 5th July 2011 onwards.  The National Federation of Postal employees (NFPE), All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union (AIPEDEU), the two affiliates of the confederation has under the banner of the Joint Council of Action with the Federation of National Postal Organizations (affiliated to INTUC) and the National Union of Gramin Dak Sewak(affiliated to INTUC) have served the Strike notice on 14th June 2011 on the Postal Board.  The Strike action will commence on 5th July, 2011.

The Issues

1.       Some time back, the Department of Post, appointed the World (in)famous Transnational Corporation, Mckinzey Consultancy to make recommendations to it as to the manner and methodology to be adopted  to restructure the century old postal system of the country.  While the avowed objective was to modernize the system and make it a profit making venture, the real intent was to reorganize the department in such a manner so as to equip itself viable for privatization/corporatization. Earlier the Postal Department had made several attempts to privatize its functions and in the process large scale outsourcing was also resorted to. With the prime objective of eroding the efficacy of the Postal department, various steps were undertaken like, closure of sorting units, cutting down the staff strength despite widening business ventures, pegging down the overtime rates by linking it to pre-1986 pay scales etc. Thrice the Government made attempts to introduce legislation in the parliament to grant license to courier service providers.  The stubborn resistance of the M.Ps especially of the left parties and a few others in the parliament and the struggles organized by the  employees at the work spot thwarted it successfully till date.  However, systematically and meticulously the Department had been  creating conditions whereby the customers moved away to patronize the private courier services, run illegally without any licence whatsoever. Surprisingly even Government Departments, which are to communicate with large number of people often became customers  of such illegally run private courier service providers The Mckinzey consultancy who is yet to make its final  report, has however, suggested certain measures in the name of Mail Network optimization project  which the postal department has now  decided to implement without causing any discussions whatsoever  with any of the stake holders, especially the unions. Their suggestions include:

(a)     Closure/merger of about 9797 post offices in the urban area

(b)     Reduce the number of Speed Post Centre from 315 to 89.

(c)     Reduce the RMS sorting centres from 412 to 84

(d)     To redeploy the postman staff in the newly created "Delivery hubs"

2.       The major chunks of the postal workers are Gramin Dak Sewaks or Extra-departmental Agents.  The EDA was the system developed by the British Government to spread the postal communication system to far flung rural areas of the country . They were simply agents or franchisees and were appointed so for pittance of a remuneration.   Their cause was taken up by the unions of regular employees, the NFPE and its constituents and the FNPO, in the post-independent era and through sustained struggles fetched  them very many concessions, benefits and privileges and brought them nearly on par with the regular employees.  When the 5th CPC was set up in 1993, the Postal department was forced to appoint a Judicial Commission (The Talwar Commission) to go into the wage-structure and other service conditions of the Extra Departmental Agents, presently called the Gramin Dak Sewaks.  The committee made far reaching recommendations, a good number of which the Government had to accept and implement, (except civil servant status and pension) thereby improving the lot of these employees considerably.  However, the committee set up in the wake of the  6th CPC, the Natarajamurthy committee headed by a retired Postal bureaucrat, ensured that the EDAs were reduced to casual part time workers reversing in the process, decisions taken on the basis of Talwar Commission suggestions. Most of the committee's recommendations were in sync with the neo-liberal economic policies. The rules governing their service conditions have now been unilaterally amended whereby they may not be even termed as "employees" hereafter.  The very caption of the regulatory rules which was GDS-Conduct and Employment rules have now been changed to  GDS- Conduct and engagement rules,  reducing them  to the status of a Contract Worker.

In the negotiations which took place on 6th and 7th June, 2011 the Postal authorities have stuck to their stand of implementing the decision to create Speed Post and First Class mail hubs, despite their inability to contradict the fact presented by the  staff side that the creation of such hubs has resulted in abnormal delay in the delivery of articles benefiting the private operators.  It has,  therefore,  become unambiguously clear that without organizing sustained struggles and eliciting the support of the entire section of the  working people and garnering  public opinion,  the reversal of the decision would not come about.   The undeniable  fact that Government and the Postal department armed  with the recommendation of the Mckency  consultancy are determined  to demolish the existing postal system in the country to pave way for the unhindered  entry of private operators has to be defeated.

We therefore once again request you to extend your co-operation, support and solidarity to make the proposed indefinite strike successful to compel the Government to rescind their decision to act upon McKenzie recommendations in the Postal Department.

With greetings,

Yours fraternally

K K N Kutty.

Secretary General

Source:confederation

SPEED UP STRIKE ACTIVITIES - GEAR UP MEETINGS- VISIT ALL OFFICES

போர் முரசு கொட்டட்டும் ! வேலை நிறுத்தம் வெல்லட்டும் !

அன்பான கோட்ட/ கிளைச் செயலர்களே/ சங்க மறவர்களே !

இன்னும் 11  நாட்களே  உள்ளன !  ஆம் ! தினம் ஒரு நாள்... கணக்கில்

குறையும் ! நெருங்கி வருகிறது  ஜூலை 5  ஆம் நாள் ! காலவரையற்ற

வேலை நிறுத்தம் துவங்கும் நாள் !

அஞ்சலக மூடல் !  RMS  ஒழிப்பு !  ஸ்பீட் போஸ்ட் , REGISTERED  போஸ்ட்

ஹப் சென்டர் , GDS  ஊழியர்  ENGANGEMENT  RULES ,  மெக்கென்சி  அந்நிய 

நிறுவனத்தின் கட்டுப்பாட்டில்  அஞ்சல் துறை ,  ACCENTURE  இன் கீழ் 

அஞ்சலக கணினி ! எங்கு போகிறது அஞ்சல் துறை ?

முந்தைய  தொலைத் தொடர்புத்துறை  BSNL  ஆகி  மூடு விழா நோக்கி 

முன்னேறுவதைப் பார்த்த பின்னுமா   தயக்கம் !   இன்றில்லையேல் 

என்றுமில்லை !   அஞ்சல் துறை அரசுத் துறையாக இருக்குமா ?

தனியார் துறையாய்  மாறுமா ?  மக்கள் சேவை இருக்குமா ?

அஞ்சல் துறை மானம் காக்கப்படுமா ?  எல்லாம்  மறந்து மண்ணாகப்

போகுமா ?

" எரிமலை எப்படிப் பொறுக்கும்  ?  நம் நெருப்புக்கு இன்னுமா உறக்கம் ?

சிங்கக் கூட்டம் எழுந்தால் -  துன்ப விலங்குகள் தெறிக்கும் !"

கவிஞனின் வைர வரிகள் மறந்தே போகுமா ?

" மறக்காது ! இது மறவர் பூமி !  வெங்கொடுமை சாக்காட்டில்

செங்குருதி சிந்தியது  எங்கள் NFPE !"  என்ற பதில் உன்னிடமிருந்து

கிடைக்குமா ?   கிடைக்கும் என்கிறது   நம்  வரலாறு ! 

வெல்லும் என்கிறது நம் பதிவேடு !

அனைத்து உறுப்பினரையும்  நேரில் சந்திப்போம் !

அனைத்து  அலுவலகங்களுக்கும் நேரில் செல்வோம் !

கோரிக்கை அடங்கிய சுற்றறிக்கைகளை அனைத்து ஊழியருக்கும்

நேரில்  அளிப்போம் !

போராட்டக்குழுக்கள் அமைப்போம் !

தலைவர்களை அழைத்து சிறப்புக்கூட்டங்கள்  போடுவோம் !

அரசியல் கட்சி பிரமுகர்கள், தொழிச் சங்கத் தலைவர்களை

நேரில் சென்று பார்ப்போம் ! கோரிக்கைகளை விளக்குவோம்!

அரசுத் துறை காக்க போராட்டத்தில் நேரில் கலந்து கொள்ள

அவர்களையும் அழைப்போம் ~!   பத்திரிகைகளில்  செய்திகள்

தினம் தினம் வரச் செய்வோம் !

JCA  வை வலுப்படுத்துவோம் !  ஊழியர் ஒற்றுமையை

பலப்படுத்துவோம் ! தவறாக திசை திருப்பப் படுவோருக்கும்

நேரான பாதை கட்டுவோம் ! இந்தப் போர்..... நம் அனைவரின்

உரிமை காக்கும் போர் என்பதை தெளிவு படுத்துவோம் !

என்ன தோழனே !  இந்த  வேலைகளெல்லாம் உங்கள் கோட்டத்தில்

நீ  செய்கிறாயா ?  செய்வாய் என்று நம்புகிறோம் !

இதற்குமுன்  செய்யவில்லை எனில் இன்று முதல் செய்வாய்

என்றும்  நம்புகிறோம் !  நீ செய்யாவிடில்  வேறு யார் செய்வார் ?

இது உன்னைக் காக்க போராட்டம்  !  நம்மைக்காக்க போராட்டம் !

இன்று இல்லையேல்  என்றும்  இல்லை ! 

களம்  இறங்கு ! ஆர்ப்பரி !  போராடு !  வெற்றி நமதே என்று

கொட்டு முரசு ! வருங்கால சமுதாயத்திற்கு நாம் வீழ்ந்தேனும்  

விதையாவோம் !

இதை எழுதும் போதே ..... லேசாகத் துவங்கிய சத்தம் ....

இப்போது பலமாகக் கேட்கத்துவங்கி விட்டதே! ....  அட...அது

என்ன சத்தம் .....   என் தோழன்  அறையும் முரசின்

சத்தமா  அது  ?   போர்  முரசு  சத்தமா அது ?

இது மாநிலமெங்கும் கேட்கத் துவங்குமோ ?

இந்தியத் திருநாடெங்கும் பரவத் துவங்குமோ ?

ஆம்  !  துவங்கும் !  தொடரும் ! .......   நம்  படை

களம் இறங்கும் .....  வெற்றிப் பதாகை

விண்ணில் பட்டொளி வீசிப்  படரும் .....

........... நம்பிக்கையோடு   டெல்லி நோக்கிச்

செல்கிறேன் தோழனே ! உன் பொறுப்பில் நான் !

.........  வாழ்த்துகிறேன் .....   வணங்குகிறேன் .....

அன்புடன் ..... என்றும் உன்  அன்புத் தொண்டன் ...  K .V .S .

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அஞ்சல் நிலையத்துக்கு அஞ்சலியா?

கிராமப்புற ஏழை, எளிய மக்களுக்கு இன்​றைக்கும் தவிர்க்க முடியாத அளவுக்குத் தகவல் தொடர்புக்குக் கைகொடுப்பவை, அஞ்சல் நிலையங்கள்தான். இமெயில், செல்போன் போன்றவை வந்துவிட்டாலும், இன்னமும் அஞ்சல் நிலையங்களை மட்டுமே நம்பும் மக்களும் இருக்கிறார்கள். கூரியர் நிறுவனங்கள் கால்வைக்காத குக்கிராமங்களில்கூட, சைக்கிளை மிதித்துக்கொண்டு வெயிலையும், மழையையும் தாண்டிப் பணிபுரியும் தபால்காரர்கள் இருக்கிறார்கள்.

மத்திய அரசு, அஞ்சல் துறைக்குப் புதிய பணியாளர்கள் எடுப்பதை முதலில் நிறுத்தியது. அடுத்து, ஏதேதோ காரணங்கள் சொல்லி அஞ்சலக ஊழியர்களைக் குறைத்தது. இது எல்லாம் போதாது என்று இப்போது பல அஞ்சல் நிலையங்களை இழுத்து மூடுவதில் கர்மசிரத்தையாக இருக்கிறது. நஷ்டத்தில் இயங்குவதாகக் காரணம் காட்டி, நாலைந்து அஞ்சல் நிலையங்களை ஒன்று சேர்க்கிறது.

மக்களுக்கு சேவை செய்யும் ஒரு துறையில் லாப - நஷ்ட கணக்குப் பார்ப்பது எத்தனை அபத்தம். அப்படியே என்றாலும் தனியார்கள் கூரியர் நிறுவனங்களை நல்ல லாபத்துடன் நடத்தும்போது, அரசினால் ஏன் அஞ்சல் நிலையங்களைச் சிறப்பாக நடத்த முடியவில்லை? இப்போது ஒரு சில அஞ்சல் நிலையங்களில் வருமான வரி, மின்சாரக் கட்டணம், செல்போன் கட்டணம், பாஸ்போர்ட் போன்ற பணிகளும் மேற்கொள்ளப்படுகின்றன.

இதுபோன்று நவீனத்துவத்தை அனைத்து அஞ்சல் நிலையங்களிலும் அறிமுகப்படுத்தி மேம்படுத்த வேண்டுமே தவிர, இழுத்து மூடக் கூடாது. தனியாருக்கு இணையான சேவையை அரசும் செய்துகொடுத்தால், எதற்காக மக்கள் தனியார் நிறுவனங்களை நோக்கிச் செல்லப் போகிறார்கள்? தேவை இல்லாத விஷயங்களுக்கு எல்லாம் குரல் கொடுக்கும் அரசியல்வாதிகள், அஞ்சல் நிலையங்களுக்காகக் குரல் கொடுக்கலாமே!

Source : (Junior Vikatan 26.06.11 issue)

Historic Convention of JCA held at Chennai on 19.06.2011

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Indefinite Postal strike from July 5

Postal services across the country will come to a grinding halt from July 5, if the India Post employees went ahead with their indefinite strike plan.

The strike, called by the Joint Council of Action of various postal employee unions, is planned to protest against India Post’s move to shut down 9,797 urban post offices.

The strike was announced after talks with the Postal Board on June 6 and 7 failed. Plan to close down post offices are part of the recommendations made by a foreign consultant - McKinsey & Co - for optimising India Post’s mail operations.

Members of the council noted that the recommendations of McKinsey were not suitable for the Indian context. This had already led to an extremely inefficient system of delivery. “In place of 315 National Speed Post Centres, now 89 Speed Post Hubs functions. As a result, speed post parcels booked in a district are sent hundreds of miles for processing, and then routed to the respective centre. Articles that were delivered the same day now reach the destination with two to five days of delay,” read a statement from the Joint Council for Action.

This has been causing revenue loss to India Post as customers now go to other operators.

An office-bearer of the Federation of National Postal Organisations said the closure of sub post offices and their merger into larger local post offices would mount the pressure on postal delivery staff.

This would mean that postmen would have to travel longer distances to hand over mail. It would be even more difficult at the centres, where postmen would have to make more than one round in their beats.

Courtesy: - The New Indian Express, Dt. Jun 21, 2011

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Postal Employees serve strike notice

The Joint Action Council of Postal Employees has served notice on Postal authorities stating it will go on an indefinite all-India strike from July 5.

A release issued by M. Krishnan and D. Thiagaraj, secretaries-general of the National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) and the Federation of National Postal Organisation (FNPO), which are part of the JAC, has stated that the notice was served on June 14, following the failure of talks with the Postal Board on June 6 and 7.

The release cited as the major reason the unions' opposition to the Postal Department's move to go ahead “unilaterally” with the implementation of recommendations of the consultancy agency, Mckinsey.

As a first-step towards the implementation of the recommendations, the number of national centres of Speed Post was reduced from 315 to 89, which were now called Speed Post hubs.

This arrangement, the release said, had resulted in heavy delay in transmission and delivery of articles booked under the service. The Department now proposed to introduce the hub system for first class mail, including registered articles.

This meant closure of 366 mail sorting offices and opening of 89 first class hubs.

The Department also issued instruction to all Chief Postmaster Generals to close down and merge 9,797 urban post offices in the name of optimisation, the release stated.

The JAC includes All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union (AIPEDEU) and the National Union of Gramin Dak Sevaks (NUGDS).

Courtesy: - The Hindu, 20^th June 2011

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STRIKE NOTICE SERVED – DON THE BATTLE DRESS – BE PREPARED FOR MASSIVE ACTION FROM 5TH JULY 2011

Reports are pouring in from divisions and circles that there are massive demonstrations on all headquarters held today and served the strike notice. The involvement of branches and divisions and circles are most encouraging. Detailed reports will be published after collecting details.

Let us strengthen the movement further to save the Postal and continue the same spirit in organizing the workers. Have visit to all corners in the days to come and mobilize one and all for the indefinite strike to be commenced from 5^th July 2011.

The following published by the Divisional Secretary, Bhubaneswar in his web site is most opt and worthy for reproduction in the CHQ blog.

Let me think, "If I am an active member, or just belong ?"

Am I an active member, quite strong and bold,

Or, I am just satisfied because my name is enrolled ?

Do I know my constitution with goals and objectives,

Or just careless because known to my leaderships ?

Am I aware of the activities undertaken by my union,

Or just I have kept a watch on the problems of my own ?

Do I attend the meetings regularly and try to realize,

Or just stay at home and intend to criticize?

Do I keep any interest for welfare of the mass,

Or just satisfy my own, saying “Yes Boss”?

Do I like to come together with the flock?

Or just stay alone to find fault and knock?

Have I ever visited a member who is sick?

Or shift the responsibility to a few and talk about the clique?

The existence of my Organization is at stake – Am I aware,

Or my status and pension are intact! – Am I quite sure?

Post Offices will be closed and A Company will rule,

If I don’t react to save, won’t I be a fool?

Things will be outsourced and there will be a blow,

What shall I do and where shall I go?

Helter-skelter everywhere, false assurances perplexing,

Can’t I do something to see my people smiling?

India is mine, so also India Post and its employees,

Right time has come for me to know and realize.

July 5^th Indefinite Strike is the right occasion to answer,

Active participation for a total success irrespective of cadre.

If not this time, everything will be wrong,

Let me think, if I am an active member, or just belong?

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வாழ்த்துகிறோம்

தோழர் கே. சிவகுமார் DY POSTMASTER (TREASURY ) அண்ணா சாலை HPO 

அவர்கள் TAMILNADU POSTAL CIRCLE STAFF WELFARE BOARD உறுப்பினராக

நமது NFPE சம்மேளனத்தின் சார்பாக NOMINATE செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்

என்பதை மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறோம் . அவரது பணி

சிறக்க தமிழ் மாநில அஞ்சல் மூன்று சார்பில் அவரை வாழ்த்துகிறோம்.

அவரை நியமனம் செய்திட்ட மாபொதுச் செயலர் தோழர் M . கிருஷ்ணன்

அவர்களுக்கும் பரிந்துரைத்த நமது பொதுச் செயலர் தோழர். K .V .S

அவர்களுக்கும் நம் நன்றி. .

IPO/ASPOs ASSOCIATION EXTENDS SOLIDARITY SUPPORT TO THE INDEFINITE STRIKE

ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION P-3,P-4 AND GDS UNION

DINDIGUL DIVISION

FLASH NEWS

IPO/ASPOs ASSOCIATION

EXTENDS SOLIDARITY SUPPORT

TO THE INDEFINITE STRIKE

FROM 05.07.2011

(GENERAL SECRETARY ALL INDIA IP/ASP ASSOCIATION  LETTER NO.CHQ/IPASP/JCA/2011 DT 03.06.2011)

IT IS HEARTNING TO NOTE THAT THE IP/ASP ASSOCIATION HAS EXTENDED THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR INDEFINITE STRIKE

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THANKS TO CIRCLE SECRETARY,TAMILNADU   IP/ASP ASSOCIATION FOR TAKING INITIATIVE AND SINCERE EFFORTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STRIKE

SUBJECTS TAKEN BY OUR GENERAL SECRETARY ON TAMILNADU AFFAIRS

Dear Comrades,

Our General Secretary has taken up  various  item of subjects with the appropriate  authorities
in connection with the  Tamilnadu   Circle  staff  matters.  Some  of the  items  are noted below
for  your   kind   observation.

1. Fixation of Honorarium  for accepting   TNEB bills at  MPCM Counters...... 
    addressed to CPMG, TN CIRCLE ON 02.06.2011.

2. Grant of peripheral HRA  to the offls. working in Pallikaranai, Medavakkam  at par with
    Chennai rates- Tambaram Dn. Reminder to Directorate  on .2.06.2011.

3. Initial grant of HRA  to the Postal staff working at  Mangadu under Avadi Camp HO-
    Reminder to Directorate  on  02.06.2011.

4. Irregularities in staff management- Case of Chennai GPO - a/t  PMG, CCR on .2.06.2011.

5. Grant of  peripheral  HRA to the officials working  in Govt. college of Engg., Karuppur,
    Mohan nagar, Salem Steel Plant in Salem  West Division.- Reminder to dte. on 02.06.2011.

6. Continued HRA to the postal staf working at Kannankurichi, Ayothiyapattinam, Dasanaikan-
    patti, Yercaud  in Salem East Dn.-  Reminder to Dte . on  02.06.2011.

7. Grant of peripheral HRA to the staff working in P.Kattur S.O., Trichy Dn.- Reminder to 
    Dte . on 02.06.2011.

8. Sanctioning  of peripheral  HRA to the staff working at Manachanallur and Bikshandarkoil
    SOs in Srirangam Division - Reminder to Dte.  on 02.06.2011.

9. Grant of  peripheral HRA  to the offls. working  in Okkiyam , Doraipakkam, Palavakkam,
    Korapakkam, and  Sholinganallur at par  with Chennai City- City South Dn.- Reminder to
    Dte .  on 02.06.2011.

Thank you  Comrade.

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