Dear Comrades,
This AIC
affirms that our Union will stand with the GDS union by all means for their
emancipation. This AIC demands the Government to consider the demand of
remitting GDS causes to the Seventh Pay Commission. This Union is committed for
the cause of AIPEU GDS (NFPE) and appeals all the circle and divisional
secretaries to form the GDS divisional branches in al the circles which is the
firm commitment of us as a policy. Only through a united struggle of the entire
Postal employees the policy offensives of the Govt. can be resisted and also
the pending issues of the Postal employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks can be
settled. This 30th AIC of AIPEU Group-C appreciates
the positive steps taken by NFPE and the P-3 CHQ in strengthening the unity of
the Postal employees and also for making sustained efforts for settling the
sectional demands of the Postal employees. This conference further
calls upon NFPE to chalkout agitational programmes in a phased manner for
realisation of the pending demands.
The 30th All India Conference of our union was held from
04.06.2015 to 08.06.2015 at Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, (Com. S.
K. VyasJi Nagar) Lucknow under the presidentship of Com. R. Sivannarayana CHQ
President. More than 2000 comrades participated as delegates and visitors from
all parts of the country. More young comrades could be seen this time which
establishes the growth of our union among the new recruits. The attendance of
more comrades was also encouraging.
The AIC
commenced its proceedings with the flag hoisting at 10.30 hours on 04.06.2015.
The National flag was hoisted by Com. M. Krishnan, Secretary General,
Confederation. The NFPE flag was hoisted by Com Giriraj Singh, President, NFPE
and the AIPEU Group 'C' flag was hoisted by Com R. Sivannarayana, President
CHQ. Homages & tribute rendered to the martyrs column thereafter.
The house was
informally constituted and the subjet committee commenced under the presidentship
of Com. R. Sivannarayana, President. The open session commenced at 16.00 hours
on 04.06.2015. Com R. N. Parashar, Secretary General NFPE & Chief Patron,
Reception Committee presided. It was inaugurated by Com Tapan Sen, General
Secretary, CITU who covered the adverse impact of neoliberal policies on the
working class and the need for further united struggle of the working class to
save the nation. He hailed the role of our Federation and unions in the mass
movements.
After the
inauguration, the following leaders of various political parties and Trade
Unions greeted our conference with their speeches. Com. Subhashini Ali, Polit
Bureau Member CPI(M) & Ex-M. P. Kanpur, Sri Ram Narain Sahu, Ex-Member,
Rajya Sabha, Dr. Mahendra Singh, MLC, Dr. Sarita Singh, Chief Postmaster
General, Uttar Pradesh Circle. Com. Shiv Gopal Misra, Secretary General, AIRF
and Secretary, National JCM (Staff Side), Com. K. Ragavendran, Ex-Secretary
General, NFPE & General Secretary, All India Postal & RMS Pensioner’s
Association are the prominent speakers delivered their oration in the open
session. Com. Virendra Tiwary, General Secretary, Reception Committee and also
the General Secretary, SBCO Association delivered vote of thanks.
In the midst of
the subject committee, the following comrades delivered their oration and
conveyed the greetings. Com. T. Satyanaryana, General Secretary, Postal
Accounts, Com. P. Suresh, General Secretary R4, Com. Giriraj Singh, President
NFPE & General Secretary R3, Com. R. Seethalakshmi, General Secretary P4,
Com. Pranab Bhattacharjee, General Secretary, Admn, Com. P. Pandurangarao,
General Secretary, AIPEU-GDS (NFPE), Com. Nagabhooshanam, Working President,
Casual Labourers Association, Com. K. V. Sridharan, Ex-General Secretary and
Com. K. K. N. Kutty, President Confederation were the prominent leaders among
them.
The delegate
session was commenced in the evening on 04.06.2015 and the agenda for the AIC
was approved unanimously. The Biennial report by Com. N. Subramanian,
officiating General Secretary and the audited accounts by Com. Balwinder Singh,
Financial Secretary were presented for adoption. The following sub committees
were formed for preparation of resolutions on various issues.
1. System
Administraters - Com. Jayakumar
(Kerala)
2. Postmaster
Cadre
- Com. Jawari Gowda (Karnataka)
3. PO
& RMS
Accountants
- Com. J. Ramamurthy (Tamilnadu)
4. Cadre
Restructuring - Com. Surendra Pal
(Maharashtra)
5. New
Pension Scheme - Com. Janardan
Mazumdar (West Bengal)
6. Financial
Powers to
Postmasters - Com. Jagdish
Dhiman (Punjab)
7. Bonus - Com. Rajesh Bohidar
(Odisha)
8. Task
force Committee
Report - Com. P. K.
Muralidharan (Kerala)
9. R.
T.
P. - Com. S. C. Jain (Madhya Pradesh)
10. Women
Employee’s issues - Com. Nanda Sen
(West Bengal)
11. CBS, CIS,
other Computer related issues
- Com. J. Ramamurthy
(Tamilnadu)
12. Shortage of
Staff &
Recruitment - Com. Vivekananda Sharma (Bihar)
13. C. G.
Employees demands - Com.
D. A. S. V. Prasad (Andhra Pradesh)
14. Contributory
Negligence - Com. Naresh
Gupta (Haryana)
15. Pay
Fixation/Allowance & Ex
Servicemen - Com. Ramakrishna (Andhra Pradesh)
16. Common
Demands of
Postal - Com. Ramanikanth Bhattacharya (North East)
17. Sportsment
related
problems - Com. Narendra Shrimali
(Rajasthan)
In the AIC, all the circle secretaries and a record
number of delegates representing from all circles participated in the lively
discussions on the agenda of organizational issues and others. There was all
round appreciations about the functioning of the CHQ which exhibited their
confidence and faith in the leadership of CHQ. This is the another conference
that there was discussion only on issues confronting the employees and there
was no unwarranted criticism or comments on any one. Total 112 delegates including
20 circle secretaries participated in the organizational review. The
Officiating General Secretary, Com N. Subramanian summed up all the issues. Com
M. Krishnan, General Secretary also addressed the session.
In the midst of
conference a felicitation was organised by the reception committee to honour
the General Secretary Com. M. Krishnan on the eve of his retirement. A
colourful function was held. The resolution on policy and programme was
unanimously adopted at the conference. The resolution committees formed for
finalization and presentation on various agendas presented their draft
resolutions which were unanimously resolved. The full details of the
resolutions will be published in the Dak Jagriti.
The biennial
report and audited accounts were unanimously approved and adopted by the
delegates and thereafter the election of office bearers was held. The following
office bearers were elected unanimously for the ensuing term.
List of
office-bearers elected in the 30th All India Conference of AIPEU Group 'C' held
at Lucnow from 04.06.2015 to 08.06.2015
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President
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Shri J. Ramamurthy, PA, Thiruvallikeni, Chennai – 600005
(Tamilnadu)
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Working Presidents
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Shri
S. A. R. Mazgaonkar, SPM, Taj Mahal PO, Mumbai - 400001
(Maharastra)
Shri
R. D. Purohit, PA, PSD, Shahibagh, Ahmedabad – 380004 (Gujarat)
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Vice Presidents
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Shri
R. C. Mishra, PRI (P), Bhubaneshwar GPO-751001 (Orissa)
Smt.
Nanda Sen, PA, Siliguri HO – 734001 (West Bengal)
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General
Secretary
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Shri R. N. Parashar, SPM, Mathura City PO - 281001 (Uttar
Pradesh)
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Deputy General Secretary
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Shri
Janardan Majumdar, PA, Princep Street PO, Kolkata – 700072 (West Bengal)
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Assistant General Secretaries
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Shri
T. P. Abdul Rahiman, APM, Ottapalam HO - 679101 (Kerala)
Shri
A. Veeramani, PA, Anna Road HPO, Chennai - 600002, (Tamilnadu)
Shri
S. Raghupathy, PA, Park Town Chennai – 600003 (Tamilnadu)
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Financial
Secretary
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Shri Balwinder Singh, PRI (P), Patel Nagar P.O. New Delhi –
110008
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Assistant Financial Secretary
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Shri
Naresh Gupta, PA, Ambala GPO – 133001 (Haryana)
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Organizing General Secretaries
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Shri
U. K. Tiwari, P.A, Patna GPO - 800001 (Bihar)
Shri N. Chandrasekhar, Postmaster Grade-III, HAL, 2nd Stage
HPO, Bangalore – 560008 (Karnataka)
Shri
Tapas Kumar Nath, PA, Agartala HO- 799001(North East)
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The following comrades were declared unanimously as
Women’s sub Committee Members for the current term for encouraging the women
employees in organizational activities.
MAHILA COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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Chairperson
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Com.
Nanda Sen (West Bengal)
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Convenor
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Com.
Mausmi Majumdar (Assam)
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Members
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Com.
R. Manimegalai (Tamilnadu)
Com.
P. Rema (Kerala)
Com.
Aruna S. Joshi (Maharashtra)
Com.
Anna Rise Bhagat (Madhya Pradesh)
Com.
Angel Satyanathan (Tamilnadu)
Com.
C. Lilly (Kerala)
Com.
Geeta Bhattacharya (Delhi)
Com.
Renu Dwivedi (Madhya Pradesh)
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The AIC places on record that the reception committee
headed by Sri. Ram Narain Sahu, Ex-Member, Rajya Sabha and the Chairperson,
Reception Committee and Com Virendra Tiwari, General Convenor have made
all arrangements amazingly, outstandingly and stupendously for the AIC.
The AIC places
its appreciations on record of the outgoing office bearers Com. R.
Sivannarayana, CHQ President, Com. M. Krishnan, General Secretary, Com. N.
Subramanian, Deputy General Secretary, Com. Mangesh Parab, Working President,
Com. N. Gopalakrishnan, Working President, Com. C. P. Shobhana, Vice President,
Com. G. D. Maity, Asst. General Secretary, Com. L. P. Saikia, Organising
General Secretary, Com. H. P. Diwakar, Asst. Financial Secretary and Com. S. A.
Hamid, Organising General Secretary.
This conference
is an historic and significant success and it is the best record breaking one
also in the history of the All India conferences held sofar. The stunning
and tireless work carried out by hundreds of volunteers under the able
stewardship for Com. Virendra Tiwari for the success of the conference is ever
be reminisced and they deserve and merit all appreciations. The policy and
program resolution adopted in the conference is furnished hereunder.
The 30th AIC
has given the CHQ more confidence by the unprecedented presence and
participation of delegates and visitors sharing with the CHQ in all its
activities, reviewing the requirements for the future etc. The CHQ is fully
confident that with the total cooperation of all circles, divisions and
members, the huge task and the challenges posed to us will be met with the
utmost satisfaction of all. We assure that we will strive hard to live up to
the expectations of all our comrades in the rank and file at the grass root
level and march ahead. Let the activities of the CHQ will be more transparent
and it will be collective wisdom consisting all shades and opinions. Let us
march with total unity to save the Postal Services with full determination and
also for the emanicipation of GDS and their causes.
With fraternal greetings,
J.
Ramamurthy
R. N. Parashar
CHQ
President
General Secretary
New
Delhi - 09.06.2015
30th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE
2015 JUNE 04-08 – LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH)
POLICY & PROGRAMME RESOLUTION ADOPTED IN THE AIC
1. The after
effects of the recession that devastated the economy of the capitalist
countries is still looming large over their head and there is no immediate sign
of recovery, even though the pro-capitalist economists and heads of the
developed nations are claiming to the contrary. The financial and
industrial sectors of these countries are reeling under the negative impacts of
recession. Unemployment is growing like anything. The bailout
packages and other short and long term measures taken has only helped the
trans-national corporations to survive, but the plight of the workers and
common man is becoming more and more miserable. Cuts in employment and
social security measures have further aggravated the situation. The economies
of the countries which are persuing a pro-socialist and anti-globalization
policies are comparatively less effected and are poised for rapid economic
growth. The resistance against the ill-effects of the neo-liberal
globalization policies are gaining momentum all over the world. Workers
went on strike and common people of those countries are also coming out to the
street in large numbers protesting against these policies. This 30thAll
India Conference of AIPEU Group-C, extend full solidarity and support to the
struggles conducted by the workers and other toiling masses all over the world
and pledge to be a part and parcel of this struggle.
2. In our
country, the NDA Govt. is virtually toeing the US line and is going ahead with
the neo-liberal agenda. Steep rise in prices of essential commodities,
disbanding of public distribution system, disinvestment of public sector,
introduction of casual and contract labour system, decision to allow 51%
FDI in multi-brand retail trade, hectic persuation to get major financial
sector related bills on pension privatisation, banking and insurance sector,
the game plan for privatisation of vital infrastructural and public utility
services, the so-called private-public partnership in almost every sector, the
repeated hike in prices of petroleum products are glaring examples of this
policy. Struggle and strikes are taking place in every sector against the
neo-liberal reforms and also against the anti-worker, anti-people policies of
the Govt. The entire working class of India under the banner of United
Platform of Mass Organizations is spearheading the struggle against these
policies. In the coming days, the struggle will be further
intensified. The Postal employees under the banner of National Federation
of Postal Employees have participated in all the national strikes organized by
the Central Trade Unions. This 30th AIC of AIPEU Group-C
congratulates the workers and employees who participated in the united struggle
of the working class and we shall continue our struggle and shall always
identify ourselves with the mainstream of the working class.
3. The Central
Govt. Employees are the first victims of the neo-liberal economic policies
pursued by the Central Govt. from 1991 onwards. During the last twenty
years about six lakhs posts are abolished. Further five lakhs posts are
lying vacant in various departments. Many departments are closed or
privatized. More and more casual and contract workers are engaged. Social
security schemes, including statutory pension scheme are given a go-bye.
Instead share market oriented contributory Pension Scheme is introduced.
Three lakhs Gramin Dak Sevaks are denied of their legitimate rights. Even
compassionate appointments are denied, imposing arbitrary restrictions.
Bonus ceiling not yet raised. Merger of 50% D.A. with pay, Interim
Relief, inclusion of GDS under 7th CPC stands rejected by Govt.
This 30th AIC of AIPEU Group-C, while saluting the Central Govt. Employees,
particularly Postal employees, for their participation in all agitational
programmes calls upon the National leadership of the confederation to carry
forward the struggle till the demands are met by the Government, and reversion
of the policy of downsizing, outsourcing, contractorisation and privatisation.
4. In the Postal
sector the Government want to implement the Task Force Report which aims to
corporatize the Postal Services by divding the existing service sector into six
and make five corporations and leave the letter delivery services as the Government
Services. This is nothing but to privatise the Postal in the future by entering
PPP and FDI in the Postal Communication sector and granting licences to
the multi-national courier services. Government want to close down
post offices in the name of loss. Posts are abolished without any
justification. Workload has increased but new posts are not
created. Cadre restructuring and other sectional issues are yet to be
settled. The National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) has taken
initiative to organise agitational programmes and mobilise the employees for
action including indefinite strikes and as a result the Postal Administration
was compelled to stop their move for closure of 9797 Post Offices. Many
long pending issues are settled and mass scale recruitment has taken
place. Department was forced to convene the JCM Departmental Council
meetings and formal meetings and discuss all the issues with the staff
side.
The Government
is reluctant to settle the issues relating to Gramin Dak Sevaks and casual
labourers and in particular in remitting their cases for consideration by the
Seventh Pay Commission.
