make aipeu-gds the number one and only one
recognised union of gds
Govt. of India, Department of Posts, has issued two important
orders relating to Gramin Dak Sevaks.
First order is regarding appointment of separate GDS committee headed by
retired Postal Board Member (P) Shri.Kamalesh Chandra, Second order is long
awaited Membership verification orders of GDS.
Regarding GDS Committee
headed by the retired officer Shri. Kamalesh Chandra, NFPE and AIPEU-GDS had
already submitted its memorandum on 18-03-2016.
Our main demands submitted before the GDS committee are (1) Grant of
civil servant status and all benefits of departmental employees on pro-rata
basis (2) Pay scale, increment and all other allowances admissible to
departmental employees on pro-rata basis (3) Fixation of minimum five hours and
maximum eight hours wages (4) Pension and other pensionary benefits like Family
Pension, Commutation Pension, Leave surrender etc. (5) Time bound promotion or
Assured Career Progression (ACP) on completion of 10,20 and 30 years of service
(6) Medical reimbursement facilities and (7) Grant of all kinds of leave
including CL, EL, Commuted Leave, Maternity Leave, Child Care Leave and Special
Casual leave etc. There are many other
demands also which we have included in the memorandum.
Chairman, GDS Committee has
written a letter to General Secretary, AIPEU-GDS for submission of memorandum
to the Committee. The Committee has
assured NFPE and AIPEU-GDS that they will be given an opportunity to give oral
evidence before the Committee. We will
try our best to get our demands accepted by the GDS Committee.
NFPE and AIPEU-GDS has
already filed a case in the Supreme Court for implementation of the 1977
judgement and grant of Civil servant status to GDS. Supreme Court has transferred the case to
Delhi High Court and High Court has transferred the case to Principal Bench,
Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Delhi.
The case is posted for final hearing on 4th April, 2016.
Regarding membership
verification, all of us are aware that AIPEU-GDS was formed in the month of
April, 2012. For the last four years we
are working without any recognition from the Government and Department. Majority of the GDS in all 22 circles have
joined AIPEU-GDS. We have conducted two All
India Conferences at Chennai and Shimla.
Full-fledged democratic functioning is ensured from Branch/Divisional
level to Circle and All India. We have
conducted two All India strikes jointly with NFPE and AIPEU-GDS in December
2012 and February 2014 in which the main demands are GDS issues.
Recognised GDS union is
functioning for the last seventeen years, with all the help and patronage of
the Department and Govt. including Department provided Union office in
Delhi. Talwar Committee report was
implemented partially and in a distorted manner in the year 1998 and GDS was
granted TRCA, Increment, Paid leave, Ex-Gratia Gratuity, Severance Amount
etc. The recognised GDS Union was formed
in the year 1999 ie. after partial implementation of Talwar Committee
recommendations. After the formation of
the recognised union not even a single demand of GDS was settled. Natarajamurthy Committee made most retrograde
recommendations including change of cash handling point from Rs.1000/- to
Rs.20,000/-. This time also recognised
GDS union signed an agreement with the department for appointment of separate
GDS committee. All the main demands of
GDS such as Civil Servant status, Minimum and maximum wage, promotion, pension,
medical facilities still remained unsettled.
What is the balance sheet of the recognised GDS Union for the last
seventeen years? It is a big zero. Whatever benefits achieved for GDS was only
because of the struggle conducted by NFPE in the past. Recognised GDS Union went on accusing NFPE
and tried its best for dividing GDS and Departmental employees. AIPEU-GDS always believed in united struggle
of GDS and Departmental employees. Thus
it can be seen that AIPEU-GDS is the only GDS union which is fighting, both
organisationally and legally, for the cause of GDS. Recognised GDS Union is spreading lies and
always cheating the GDS and failed miserably to settle any of the demands of
the GDS.
GDS want change and this is
the time for change. In the coming
membership verification, it is the duty of every GDS and all NFPE members to
defeat the recognised GDS Union and make AIPEU-GDS the only one recognised GDS
Union. We should get the membership
authorisation letter signed by all GDS in favour of AIPEU-GDS and submit it to
the concerned authorities duly countersigned by the Divisional Secretary or
authorised representative of AIPEU-GDS.
There are some divisions where the Branch of AIPEU-GDS is not yet
formed. In such Divisions we should form
an Adhoc Committee immediately and intimate the name and designation of the
authorised representative or convenor/secretary to General Secretary AIPEU-GDS.
Let us declare that we will
make AIPEU-GDS, the only one recognised GDS Union of GDS in the membership
verification.
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