Dear Comrades,
NAGPUR: The members of the National Union of Postal Employees (NUPE),
Maharashtra and Goa Circle, have decided to stage a protest in front of
the chief post master general in Mumbai on Monday to highlight many
issues plaguing the department.
For over a year the members of the union have been submitting memorandums of their demands to the authorities but to no avail. The union claims that there have been no recruitments from 2005. "The infrastructure too is crumbling. I know of post offices in Nagpur where the ceilings are can fall down on people and where plastic sheets are used as a prevention against leaking roofs during monsoons," said RG Khandale, the regional secretary of NUPE.
For over a year the members of the union have been submitting memorandums of their demands to the authorities but to no avail. The union claims that there have been no recruitments from 2005. "The infrastructure too is crumbling. I know of post offices in Nagpur where the ceilings are can fall down on people and where plastic sheets are used as a prevention against leaking roofs during monsoons," said RG Khandale, the regional secretary of NUPE.
He also said that the employees were forced to open recurring deposits
accounts with their post offices. "Many are also made to take postal
life insurances and also act as agents and bring more insurances,
failing which they are threatened," he said.
Other irregularities they pointed out were the suspension of railway mail services (RMS) on various routes along with slow phasing out of red postal vans by giving tenders to private players which delayed the services and gave opportunity for corruption.
"The customer cannot see the problems we are facing and we have face their wrath," said Arvind Burse, a postman.
Times of India
Other irregularities they pointed out were the suspension of railway mail services (RMS) on various routes along with slow phasing out of red postal vans by giving tenders to private players which delayed the services and gave opportunity for corruption.
"The customer cannot see the problems we are facing and we have face their wrath," said Arvind Burse, a postman.
Times of India
