NEWS IN BRIEF

1.      Standing Committee meeting of JCM Departmental Council was held on 18.12.2012 under the chairpersonship of Ms. Yesodhara Menon, Member (Personnel), Postal Services Board. All the pending items of the last JCM (DC) were discussed. Minutes will be published later.

2.      JCM Departmental Council meeting will be held on 28.12.2012. Ms. Manjula Prashar, Secretary, Department of Posts and Postal Board Members will participate in the meeting. all the new items will be discussed in the meeting.

3.      One day mass hunger fast was conducted in front of the Dak Bhawan by the All India Postal Casual, Part-time, Contingent & Contract workers Federation on 19.12.2012 protesting against the abnormal delay in revision of wages of the casual labourers at par with the minimum revised pay of the Central Government employees w.e.f. 01.01.2006 and also regularization of their services.

4.      Federal Council of NFPE will be held at Hyderabad during the month of June 2013. Details will follow.

5.      Postal Board has informed that the IT Modernisation Project of 5000 crores will be implemented most expeditiously and in a time bound manner. Major changes in the day to day functioning of BOs, SOs, HPOs, RMS, Postal Accounts & Administrative offices are going to take place. Details will follow.

Com. Asha Ben Joshi, Former All India Vice President & Circle Secretary of AIPEDEU Gujarat Circle has joined AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) along with the entire GDS membership. She is elected as the new Circle Secretary of AIPEU-GDS (NFPE) Gujarat Circle in the Circle Conference held at Jamnagar on 16.12.2012.

During the last eight months, since the formation of the new GDS Union 70 to 100% of the GDS membership and leadership in majority of the Circles have already joined the AIPEU-GDS (NFPE). They have participated in the 12^th December Strike.

In the next membership verification AIPEU-GDs (NFPE) will definitely become the only recognized union of GDS. GDS employees have lost faith in the existing recognized union as it has lost credibility by repeatedly misguiding the employees. Anti-NFPE slogan is no longer going to work.