ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION
GDS (NFPE)
CHQ: Dada Ghosh Bhawan, 2151/1, New Patel Road, New Delhi - 110008
President: Bijay Gopal Sur
General Secretary: P. Pandurangarao
General Secretary’s Desk
Dear Comrades,
We
are receiving number of phone calls from various Divisions and Circles
about the formation of branches of our Union and at the first instance I
am recording sincere thanks to all.
We
are growing and I am very happy to say that within the short span of 3
months we formed 11 circle Unions viz., , Karnataka, Assam, Bihar,
Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab,
Haryana and Madhya Pradesh. The Circle Conference of Tamil Nadu is
scheduled on 02-12-2012 at Namakkal. The Circle Secretary, P3, Gujrat
informed that he is hosting the GDS conference on 15-12-2012. In
Chattisgarh, all the P3 Divisional Secretaries have assured to form
Circle Union within a fortnight. More than 800 comrades of Raigarh
Division in Chattisgarh Circle have already joined our Union and formed
the divisional branch.
The
formation of Circle Union in North East is scheduled on 24-12-2012 at
Agarthala. The comrades of Rajasthan sought the dates of Secretary
General, NFPE and P3 General Secretary to form the Circle Union in the
month of December, 2012. The Circle Union of J&K has already been
finalized and formed by the P3 Circle Secretary, Com. Kuldip Raj Sharma.
As only lesser number of GDS employees in Delhi, the Circle Union can
be formed at anytime. Thus the formation of Circle Unions in major
circles is being completed.
In
respect of Maharashtra Circle, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and
Jharkhand, the Secretary General, NFPE is evincing all efforts to form
the branches. Even though many individual comrades and branches desired
to form circle branches in those circles, this has not been encouraged
and awaiting for the joint response of P3 & P4 Circle Unions in the initial formation of Circle Union in order to avoid any conflicts at any level.
The
General Secretary, P3 appealed all his Branch / Divisional Secretaries
for formation of the Branches at Divisional level. We also made an
appeal to P3 & P4 Divisional Secretaries for the earliest formation
of Branches at all levels. The process of formation of branches at base
levels should be completed before 31-12-2012 as we are expecting the
fresh reverification of membership at anytime due to the vertical split
of AIPEDE Union at Amaravathi. The first All India Conference of our
Union will be held at Chennai (Tamil Nadu) during March 2013 with a
record number of delegates and visitors not less than 2000 from all 22
circles.
All
of you aware, in December, 2008 strike when all of us were under AIPEDE
Union, and also NFPE declared solidarity strike, the strike percentage
was about 70 – 80% all along all the three days. Now during the recent
strike organized by Com. S. S. Mahadevaiah, the overall percentage of
participation was in between 20 -25%. Despite the fact that he is
claiming the other unions like FNPO have voluntarily participated in the
strike. It shows that after the split, our Union is controlling more
than 50% of the GDS in our fold (i.e) with NFPE.
During
the adventurist strike period, we never attempted to sabotage the
strike by furnishing the real position prevailing in each and every
circle. It is further learnt that in some circles the P3 divisional
secretaries have were fully supported his strike due to the silent
position taken by its Central Head Quarters.
Com.
S. S. Mahadevaiah, who is so notorious in suppressing the facts always
and misleading the innocent GDS for his personal gains has uttered many
lies which are far from truths and provoked the sentiment of GDS during
the strike period not for the settlement of GDS demands but for ensuring
his own survival.
On 16th
Oct, 2012, he issued the statement as follows : “ 2.7 lakh GDS are
going on indefinite strike started from 16-10-12 morning all over the
country and Com.S.S.Mahadevaiah reported that 1,29,442 BOs stand
closed”. It recollects the Goabels, who was famous for issue of such
false statements during second world war to project Hitler, Nazi Army.
The actual participation on the first day was about 40,000 GDS (out of
2,86,000) and around 18,000 closure of BOs. The exact figure will be
furnished after the receipt of information from the Department.
On 17th
Oct, 2012 he declared that “only one voice is reaching CHQ of AIPEDEU,
that is do not withdraw strike, we are ready to fight till the
settlement” but what happened ? Is there any settlement of demands even on the 7th day ?
After
knowing his inefficiency and inability to continue the strike, he
started maligning as follows : “There are forces around us working
against the interest of GDS, they are not hesitating to sabotage the
strike, they are trying to disrupt the movement".
From
the above, you can understand that he is preparing ground to throw
blame on others even though the NFPE, FNPO and their affiliated unions
including our Union never commented about his strike during those days
and never acted against the strike.
Further on 19-10-2012, he mentioned that "the Dept of Post is cheating again and again and giving false
assurances and therefore, this time they have decided to fight till
reasonable settlement". But you could have seen that he submitted a
letter on 22-10-2012 to Director (SR) without having any
meeting with any Senior Officers or any concrete assurances that itself
show his double standard in cheating the GDS. He is continuously making
false propaganda and hopes among the GDS cadre just to keep his cadre
intact with his fold.
After
making a full claim that he withdraw the strike on assurances, he
withdrew without any settlement and caused irreparable damage to the
cause of GDS comrades. It seems we are not against any strike as per the
policy being adhered by the NFPE over decades; we were silent during
the strike period and not exposed his dramas cleverly enacted
unnecessarily rousing the sentiments of GDS. The strike, he conducted
has nothing as if he is stated that it was for his own survival and not
for the GDS.
Only the united struggles can wipe out the tears of GDS. After the formation of our Union, we submitted a
clear cut proposal for the departmentalization of GDS and also insisted
the NFPE to include this item as one of the charter of demands in the
ensuing 12-12-2012 strike. Com.S.S.Mahadevaiah’s strike is nothing but
to sabotage our program of joint action consisting of all Central Govt.
Employees and all cadres of the Postal Department.
He
described me as “puppet” in the hands of NFPE comparing Mahabharatha
and described the NFPE leaders as Dhuryodhana and others, which itself
proves how he stooped to that level due to frustration and isolation.
So, Com. S. S. Mahadevaiah has proved his weakness due to lesser participation the strike and exhibited the
real split in AIPEDE Union and the position of joining of majority of
members in our Union. Hence we are having all justification for
reverification of membership as per the Department orders. We are
expecting reverification soon. Therefore, I request all our comrades to
be vigil in organizing branches and divisions at all levels at the
earliest.
We suggest the following:-
(i) Meet
all the members and all the BOs and explain that united struggle under
the banner of NFPE will alone settle the genuine demands of GDS.
(ii) Enroll their membership and advise them to withdraw their membership from AIPEDE Union.
(iii) Organize
general body meetings and form volunteers to obtain declarations from
all GDS. Remember, that there are more than 50,000 GDS who were not
members in any Union in the last verification.
(iv) Send
list of office bearers of all divisions, their telephone numbers and
full address for communication to CHQ before 31-12-2012.
(v) Need not antagonize any
one and our fight is not for posts, it is only for the proper finding
of GDS leadership at all levels and work fraternally with P3 & P4
divisional unions under NFPE.
Dear
comrades, the time is very short. Unless we act swiftly and seriously,
we cannot achieve our task. We require immediate formation of branches
before the reverification is ordered.
With
my folded hands, I am appealing all the GDS comrades of the entire
Nation to come and join AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) and strengthen the joint
functioning of our Union for the Departmentalization and emancipation of
GDS.
With fraternal greetings,
Comradely yours,
(P. Pandurangarao)
General Secretary
