NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES
ALL INDIA
ALL INDIA
ALL INDIA UNION
KORAPUT DIVISIONAL BRANCH
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BULLETIN NO.II, SEPTEMBER, 2010
UNION WEBSITE: aipeukoraputdivision.blogspot.com
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Com. Rabindranath Nahak Com. Lambodar Bissoyi Com. Jagdish Ch Kar
Com. Purna Ch Maharana Com. Nilambar Naik Com. Rajendra Prasad Sahu
AIPEU GR-‘C’ AIPEU POSTMEN & GR-D A I P E D E U
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7th September Nationwide One Day General Strike – On CHQ Direction
Dear Comrades,
As you are aware, the Central Trade Unions, jointly held a National Convention on 15th July, 2010 . The convention was also attended by the representative of all Federations and Associations of employees and workers. The said convention unanimously adopted a declaration calling upon the workers and employees in the country to organize a One day General Strike on 7th September, 2010 to oppose primarily the neo-liberal economic policies of the Government of India and its impact on the working class focussing the following ten point charter demand.
It is also decided that along with the demands adopted by the National Convention of Central Trade Unions, five important issues of importance to all Government employees should be included in our Charter. The charter of demands in pursuance of which the strike would be organized is as under.
Demands:
a. Price rise of essential commodities to be contained through appropriate corrective and distributive measures like universal PDS and containing speculation in commodity market.
b. Fill up all vacant posts and lift the ban on recruitment. Stop outsourcing contractoisation of Governmental functions: Govt. should fill up all vacant posts and lift the ban on recruitment.
c. Also stop Stop outsourcing/contractorisation of Governmental functions.
d. Regularise all daily rated workers/employees;Grameen Dak Sewaks and remove the ceiling on compassionate appointments; end the discrimination in the bonus ceiling of GDS employees.
e. Grant statutory defined pension scheme to the employees recruited after 1.1.2004 and withdraw the PFRDA Bill from Parliament extending the statutory defined benefit pension scheme to all Government employees.
f. Guarantee right to strike as a fundamental right of employees.
g. Concrete proactive measures to be taken for linkage of employment protection in the recession stricken sectors with the stimulate package being offered to the concerned entrepreneurs and for augmenting public investment in infrastructure.
h. Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.
i. Steps to be taken for removal of all restrictive provisions based on poverty line in respect of eligibility of converge of the schemes under the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act 2008 and creation of National Fund for the Unorganized Sector to provide for a National Floor Level Social Security to all unorganized Sector workers including the contract/casual workers in line with the recommendation of National Commission on Enterprises in Unorganized Sector and Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour.
j. Disinvestment of shares of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is not resorted to for meeting budgetary deficit and instead their growing reserve and surplus is used for expansion and modernization purpose and also for revival of sick Public Sector Undertakings.
Comrades, in the wake of the unprecedented unity of the working class of our country, as per the direction of CHQ it has been decided to ensure that every member of our organizations (Others too are welcome) do take part in this historic strike on 7th Sept, 10. Let us again prove our strength in form of our unity by making the said strike a grand success. All are requested to participate in the strike whole-heartedly.
MAKE THE 7TH SEP STRIKE GRAND SUCCESS
