PJCA Draft Strike Notice for 2 days strike on 8th & 9th Jan 2019
POSTAL JOINT COUNCIL OF ACTION NATIONAL FEDERATION OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES FEDERATION OF NATIONAL POSTAL ORGANIZATIONS ALL INDIA POSTAL EMPLOYEES UNION — GDS NATIONAL UNION — GDS
No.PF-12-c/2017
Dated: 12th December 2018
To
The Secretary/ Director General,
Department of Posts,
Dak Bhawan,
New Delhi – 110001
NOTICE
Sir,
In accordance with the provisions of Sub Section (1) of section 22 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, we hereby notify that all the Postal / RMS / Administrative 8 Postal Accounts Employees and The AIPEUGDS of NFPE / FNPO will go on 2 Days Strike on 08 & 09th January 2019.
The Charter of Demands Is enclosed herewith
Yours Sincerely
PART-A CHARTER OF DEMANDS
1. Implement all positive recommendations of Sri Kamlesh Chandra Committee report and grant Civil servant Status to GDS.
2. Fill up all Vacant Posts in all cadres of Deptt of Post i.e P.A/S.A, Postmen, Mail Guard , Mailmen, MMS, MTS, GDS, Postal Acctts, P.A Admn Offices, P.A SBCO & Civil Wing etc within a time frame and separate identity of all cadres.
3. Settle all the problems arisen out of implementation of C.S.I & R.I.C.T.
4. Withdraw NPS and Guarantee minimum pension 50% of last pay drawn.
5. Membership verification of G.D.S and declaration of result of regular employees membership verification conducted in 2015.
6. Implementation of orders of payment of revised wages and arrears to the casual , Part time, Contingent employees & daily rated mazdoors as per 6th and 7th CPC and Regularize Services of casual Labourers.
7. Implement Cadre Restructuring for left out categories i.e RMS, MMS, Postman/MTS, PACO, PASBCO, Postal Acctts, Postmaster Cadre and Civil Wing etc.
8. Stop Privatization, Corporatization and out sourcing in Postal Services.
9. Scrap Bench Mark in MACP .
10. Implement 5 days week in Postal and RMS
11. Consider the suggestions given by RMS JCA regarding PNOP & CSI.
12. Enhancement of higher payscales to those categories whose minimum qualification has been enhanced e.g Postmen, Mail guard.
13. Grant of pension to the promoted GDS based on Supreme Court Judgement in SLP No (C) 13042/2014
14. Withdraw orders of enhancement of cash conyance limit without security.
15. Implement all High Court and Supreme Court decisions in C/W MACP, RTP and others.
16. Cash less treatment under CGHS and allotment of adequate fund under head MR & T.A
17. Retention of Civil wing in the Deptt of Post.
18. Holding of Deptt Council Meetings and periodical meetings at all levels.
19. Stop Trade Union victimization and in the name of unscientific targets.
20. Provide 40 percent SCF quota promotion in AAO cadre and amend RR incorporating the modifications demanded by AIPAEA.
21. Status of audit to SBCO
PART-B
1. Urgent measures for containing price rise through universalization of public distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity Market.
2. Containing unemployment through concrete measures for employment generation.
3. Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.
4. Universal social security cover for all workers.
5. Minimum wage of not less than 18000/- per month with provisions of indexation (for unskilled worker).
6. Assured enhanced pension not less than 3000 P.M. for the entire working population (including unorganized sector workers).
7. Stoppage of disinvestment in Central/State public sector undertakings
8. Stoppage of Contractorisation in permanent /perennial work and payment of same wage and benefits for contract workers as that of regular workers for the same and similar work.
9. Removal of all ceiling on payment and eligibility of bonus , provident fund and increase in quantum of gratuity
10. Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date of submission application and immediate ratification of ILO conventions C-87 & C-98.
11. No FDI in Railways, Defense and other strategic sectors.
Vice President compliments Armed Forces on Armed Forces Flag Day
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has complimented the Armed Forces for their valiant and vigilant contribution to national security on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day, here today. He was interacting with the Army Personnel Team led by Shri Pudi Hari Prasad who called on him to Pin Token to him on this occasion.
The Vice President saluted the brave soldiers guarding our frontiers on this occasion.
Col. R.S. Deswal, Capt. (IN) Sanjay Sahrawat, Sub. Maj (H/Capt) B.G. Rao and other dignitaries were present on the
occasion.
Attention is invited to this office letter para 10 (i) and 10 (c) of Board’s letter No. E(NG)II/90/RC-1/117 dated 12.12.1990 wherein it had been laid down regarding order of priority in offering appointment on compassionate grounds.
Priority No. 10 (i) ~ Dependents of employees who die or are permanently crippled in the course of duty and 1 0 (c) – a time limit of one month should be observed within which appointment should be given and Para 6 of Board’s letter No. E(NG)II/91/RR-1120 dated 03.12.1991 wherein it had been laid down that Compassionate appointment in the clerical categories should be avoided to the extent possible. For any such appointment, General Manager should be personally satisfied that, the same is unavoidable, and offered as a last resort.
It has been decided by the Board that for the dependents of employees who die or are permanently crippled in the course of duty (Priority No.1), there should be no restriction on offering him/her clerical post and this power is hereby delegated to DRMs/CWMs solely for the dependents of employees who die or permanently crippled in the course of duty.
(Neeraj Kumar)
Director Estt. (N)II,
Railway Board.
AIRF postponed Work To Rule scheduled from 11th December, 2018
No.AIRF/24(C)
Dated: December 4, 2018
The General Secretaries,
All Affiliated Unions,
Dear Comrades,
Sub: Deferring of “Work To Rule”, scheduled from 11th December, 2018
We have already briefed you regarding our discussions held with the Member Staff, Railway Board, and other officials of the Railway Board, on 4th December, 2018, brief of the discussions held on 4thand 5th December, 2018, is also enclosed herewith:-
The Member Staff, Railway Board, had persistently requested us and also sent us a communication (Railway Board’s letter No.2018/E(LR)II/NM 1-9 dated 05.12.2018) in writing that the items raised by AIRF are under very active consideration of the Railway Board, but need some time, therefore, we should withdraw our call of “Work To Rule”, scheduled from 11th December, 2018.
After prolonged discussions, between the Railway Board as well as with the Zonal General Secretaries, and in consultation with the President AIRF, it has been decided that, the proposed call of “Work To Rule”, scheduled from 11th December, 2018, should be deferred for the time being and we should wait for some time for the outcome of the assurances given by the Railway Board.
I know that, all of you had worked round-the-clock for mobilizing the Railwaymen to prepare them for “Work To Rule”. Now, it has become more important to reach each and every Railwayman for thanking them for creating the tempo as well as we should also inform them about the assurances given by the Railway Board, based on the brief of 4-5 December, 2018, sent to you.
Completion of APARs in “SPARROW” for the year 2017-18
Office of the Controller General of Defence Accounts Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt – 110 010
No. AN/I/1058/SPARROW/Vol II
Date : 5th December 2018
To
All PAR Managers/ Custodians
All IDAS officers
(Through CGDA’s website)
Subject : Completion of APARs in “SPARROW” for the year 2017-18.
Reference is invited to this HQrs. Office letter No. AN/I/1058/Sparrow/Vol.11/24 dated 30th May 2018 wherein it was enjoined upon all IDAS officers to take timely action in completion of APARs as per timelines prescribed.
2. The progress made on generation and completion of online APARs is being constantly monitored by this HOrs office. It is observed that 25 APARs are pending with ORUs, 33 APARS are pending with Reporting Officers, 52 APARs are pending with reviewing officers and 77 APARs are pending with the Accepting Authorities. Apart from the above 129 APARs are pending at different stages (ie after acceptance by the Accepting Authority) for disclosure/closure. 148 APARs are closed in all respects.
3. PAR Managers are requested to generate an alert in SPARROW (as demonstrated in the attached screenshot) with a message “Kindly complete the Part 1/11/111/IV/V of the APAR immediately”.
4. The progress made on generation and completion of online APARs reveals that some of the officers are yet to submit their online APAR to their respective Reporting Officers. The PARs in respect of ORUs (officer Reported upon) who have still not submitted their PARs to their Reporting officers, may be given a final chance to submit their self appraisal to their respective Reporting Officers by 13.12.2018. Thereafter their APARs may be force forwarded to their next level ie the Reporting Officer.
5. It may kindly be noted that in terms of Department of Personnel & Training M. No. 21011/02/2015-Est(A-I1)-Part II dated 21st May 2018, the process of writing of APARs in SPARROW shall end on 31st December 2018 and, therefore the window for online recording of APARs on SPARROW system will be closed on 31st December 2018 by NIC. Thereafter, it will not be possible to take any action on the APARs.
6. It is, therefore, enjoined upon all officers to complete the APARs pending with them urgently. In cases where APARs have been forwarded to the Executive Authorities for Reporting/Reviewing, the same may be called for from them urgently and uploaded on SPARROW system.
7. Officers posted on deputation to various Ministries/Departments are also requested to liaise with their officers for completion of their APARs.
Extension of retirement age of Doctors – Travel Entitlements
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway/Board)
RBE No. 184/2018
New Delhi, dated 30.11.2018
No. F(E)I/2018/AL-28/72
The General Managers,
All Indian Railways etc.
(As per Standard Mailing List)
Sub : Extension of retirement age of Doctors – Travel Entitlements reg.
In terms of Board’s letter No. E(P&A)1-2016/RT-16, dated 20/09/2018 & 17/10/2018, doctors belonging to IRMS and Dental Doctors-under the Ministry of Railways has been provided opportunity to serve the Government upto 65 years under certain conditions on their exercising the option of posting to a clinical post.
In this connection, it has been decided that those doctors belonging to IRMS and Dental Doctors under the Ministry of Railways who transferred to clinical duties on attaining the age of 62 years will carry their travel entitlements in the same manner as it was prior to such extension.
Sd/-
(Jitendra Kumar)
Dy. Director Finance (Estt.)
Railway Board.
11th Bipartite Talks : Bank Strike 26.12.2018 – BEFI
BANK EMPLOYEES FEDERATION OF INDIA
1.12.2018
Circular No. 36/2018
To All Affiliates/Office Bearers/CC/GC Members
Dear Comrades,
BP TALKS
Another round of BP talks was held on 30.11.2018 in Mumbai which was attended by Com.C. J. Nanda Kumar, President.
During the talks IBA revised its offer from 6% increase to 8%, of course however, reiterating its earlier conditions to link additional wage with profitability, return on assets and performance. IBA also mentioned that there is no change in their position not to negotiate on wages with the officers’associations from Scale – IV and above.
UFBU stated that this increase combined with conditions is not acceptable and demanded of IBA to review their stand on wage hike and mandate issue. Thus there was no progress in the matter of wage talks. Subsequently, UFBU met on the same day to pursue the wage revision and mandate issue with IBA.
AGAINST
GOVERNMENT’S MOVE FOR MERGER OF 3 BANKS
ALL INDIA BANK STRIKE ON 26.12.2018
CLARION CALL OF UFBU
Government has taken the path of merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena & Vijaya and as per media report the merged bank will be a new entity. The game plan behind the merger is to divert the attention of the common people from the huge compromises that are being made through the process of IBC and NCLT. Fancy name of ‘hair cut’ has been given to such compromise that ranges up to 80% of the amount to be paid by the corporate borrowers to the lending banks.
Against this menacing situation we have already organised country-wide demonstrations on three occasions. This time UFBU from its meeting from 30th November 2018 decided to observe country wide Bank strike on 26th December 2018 against this merger move of the Central Government.
In the backdrop of our decision to join the All India General Strike on 8th and 9th January 2019 at the call of Central Trade Unions and National Federations including ours, there is going to be 3-days’ strike in industry in close proximity.
For success of the strike on 26th December, 2018 we have to take all out organisational preparations and not to be complacent as it is the UFBU call.
Programme preparatory to strike will be released by UFBU very soon and will be communicated to you at the earliest.
AIBOC serves Bank Strike Notice for 21st December 2018
ALL INDIA BANK OFFICERS’ CONFEDERATION (A.I.B.O.C.)
NAMES OF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
1 Shri. Sunil Kumar, Chairman, AIBOC
2 Shri. Debasis Ghosh, President, AIBOC
3 Shri. Soumya Datta, General Secretary, AIBOC
Dated the 4th December, 2018
To
The Chairman
Indian Banks’ Association
World Trade Centre
Cuffe Parade, Mumbai
Sir,
In accordance with the provisions contained in sub-section (1) of Section 22 of the Industrial Dispute Act 1947, we hereby give you notice that the members of All India Bank Officers’ Confederation propose to go on 24 hours CONTINUOUS STRIKE from Midnight of 20th December, 2018 to Midnight of 21st December, 2018 on the following issues:
DEMANDING:
Full and Complete Mandate for officers (Scale I to VII) wage revision in 11th Bi-partite settlement
Salary revision as per charter of demands only.
To ensure proper work-life balance of the bank officers and immediate introduction of 5 day week
Settlement of retirees issues including family pension/ updating of pension
Focus on Core Business and NPA Recovery – Stop Mis-selling of Third Party Products
Scrapping of NPS and switching over to Defined Pension Payment Scheme as existing
Immediate resolution of HR issues in Catholic Syrian Bank and IDBI Bank
Parity in Pension and other benefits of RRBs with Public Sector Banks
Bank Strike Latest News 2018 – Another Bank Strike on 21st Dec 2018
ALL INDIA STATE BANK OFFICERS’ FEDERATION
CIRCULAR NO.143
DATE: 04.12.2018
TO ALL OUR AFFILIATES/MEMBERS:
XI BPS – Wage revision talks dated 30.11.2018
AIBOC Walks out of the meeting and Calls for a Strike on 21st December, 2018
We reproduce hereunder the text of AIBOC Circular No. 2018/87 dated 03RD December, 2018 contents of which are self-explicit
(RAMKUMAR SABAPATHY)
GENERAL SECRETARY
TEXT
QUOTE:
As we complete 13 months from the effective date for the XIth Bipartite settlement, the officers and workmen in the Indian Banking Industry are looking at each round of negotiations with great amount hope. But to our angst and dismay IBA had not been offering any solutions to our issues and the latest round of Bipartite negotiations held at Mumbai on 30th November 2018 was no exception in terms of what IBA had to offer.
02. The Executive Committee Meeting of the Confederation held at Kolkata during 27th & 28th November 2018 had extensively deliberated on this burning issues and it was unanimously decided that if the situation continue in the same vein in the meeting on 30th November, the negotiating team of AIBOC should take a principled stand and excuse themselves out of the meeting. This was because these meetings as it were, are defying the basic tenets of proper negotiations on two broad counts.
In spite of majority of the Banks submitting ‘unconditional mandate’, IBA refusing to start negotiations up to scale VII, thereby disrespecting those Bank Managements and trying to divide the officers on grades.
Any negotiations will happen on the basis of the charter of demand submitted by the respective associations. But IBA was continuing to turn a blind eye to our charter of demand wherein we have clearly stated that officer community would like to have its salary revised on the basis of the ‘minimum wage concept’.
As a responsible association, AIBOC could no longer be a party to such meaningless exercises which are summarily playing with the sentiments and aspirations of the officer community.
03. It was in this background that the negotiating team of AIBOC entered the last round of wage revision talks held at Mumbai at the office of IBA 30.11.2018, AIBOC representatives wanted clarity on the mandate issue from the IBA representatives as the issue remained unresolved. In every meeting AIBOC had been asserting that unless the mandate issue was not resolved and a full and clear mandate from Scale I to Scale VII was obtained, it was pointless to proceed to the talks. However, the IBA representatives could not come up with any satisfactory assurance as they stated it was the decision of the individual Banks. Incidentally, representatives from three Banks, which had not given a mandate, were members of the negotiating team viz., SBI, Union Bank and Bank of Baroda. Upon hearing the reply of the IBA representatives, the AIBOC representatives unequivocally communicated that they too were also carrying the mandate of the National Executive Committee, which had taken a unanimous view that AIBOC will excuse themselves from the proceedings. Accordingly, after registering protest for the regressive attitude of IBA on the issue of mandate, the undersigned and Comrade Dilip Saha excused themselves from the proceedings and as a consequence the meeting was adjourned.
04. Incidentally, IBA in the said meeting was represented by Shri Rajkiran Rai, MD and CEO of Union Bank of India, Chairman, Negotiating Committee superannuated along with the other members of Team – Shri P.S.Jayakumar, MD and CEO, Bank of Baroda, Shri Shyam Srinivasan, MD and CEO, Federal Bank, Shri Prashant Kumar, DMD, State Bank of India, Shri Mukesh Kumar Jain, MD and CEO, OBC, Shri V.G.Kannan, CEO, IBA, Shri G.Rajkumar, Deputy CEO, IBA, Shri S.K.Kakkar, Sr.Vice President, HR & IR, Shri K.S.Chauhan, Advisor, HR & IR besides officials of HR Department. The representatives of nine constituents of UFBU participated in the Negotiation.
05. Chairman, Negotiating Committee of IBA at the outset had proposed an increase in the offer from 6% to 8% on payslip components. He had also stated that variable pay component of 8.2% would also be made available as mentioned in their earlier presentation, which would depend upon Return on Assets [ROA] and Gross Operating Profit of the respective Banks.
06. Your attention is also invited to the fact that IBA is harping on the paying capacity of the Banks as a precondition to salary negotiations. This is nothing but singing a tune composed by the ‘private sector’. Banking, being a service industry where the common man comes for his daily banking needs was never a profit oriented industry. We all know what we earn as profits in return for carrying forward all the Government Schemes and Programs? Historically, it is the public sector banks who have wholeheartedly carried forward the implementation part of all the financial schemes of various governments. We have always looked upon it as doing our humble part in ‘Nation Building’. Can anyone compare the levels to which the New Generation Private Sector Banks, where the so called ‘performance linked pay’ is the prevailing norm, have carried forward the Government Schemes and Programs?
07. It is only AIBOC’s voice that is resonating in the Banking space asking many pertinent questions:-
The employees who are going to be benefitted out of this salary revision are not the creators of the humongous NPA menace that the Banking industry faces. It is not the employees who ordered to convert all the infrastructure lending institutions as commercial banks which ultimately led to huge ALM mismatches in the industry and eventually added huge amounts of NPAs into commercial Bank’s kitty. It is not the employees we who decided to apply huge provisioning norms in our country even stricter than the countries from where these norms originated. These norms converted all the operating profits into net losses. How can these ‘manufactured net losses’ be a criterion for determining the salaries of the employees and how can any officer / workmen be responsible for this huge fiasco?
There are similar issues that the officer community is directly affected and it is the bounden duty of AIBOC to take up these issues and bring it to a logical conclusion.
08. Subsequently to the meeting with IBA, in the meeting of UFBU constituents, our stand of walking out of the proceedings was questioned. We made it abundantly clear that it is not only our commitment but also our principled stand that Officers’ community shall not and must not be divided on the terms of grades and a full and clear mandate was the top priority to proceed further with the talks. We also made clear that unless the mandate issue was resolved AIBOC would not be taking part in any further talks. We further unambiguously affirmed that we shall not compromise on our principled stand on the issue of mandate under any circumstances.
We, against the backdrop, also announced that in view of the unrelenting attitude of IBA, will call for a nationwide strike on the issue of mandate and other related issues on 21st December, 2018 under the aegis of AIBOC and urged other constituents to join the call. During the course of discussions, we assured our participation in the UFBU strike call on 26th December, 2018 on the issue of merger of the three Banks viz. Vijaya Bank, Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank.
09. Comrades, being the largest Association of Supervisory cadre, we have the colossal responsibility of not only ensuring a decent, acceptable wage revision as per the Charter of Demands, but also to protect the public sector character and nature of PSBs and its welfare. We call upon our members to remain alert and also to be in the highest stage of readiness for ensuring the total success of the strike call and to participate wholeheartedly in all organisational and agitational programs culminating in the strike call of 21st December, 2018 and 26th December, 2018.
AIBOC has a history of keeping the interests of the officer community at the forefront and we have been clear in our stand and objective. When people are deliberately ignoring the legitimate demands, we will have to wake them up and make them listen and act. We are sure that the cadre of AIBOC has the power to wake the ‘powers that be’. Let us assemble under the banner of AIBOC and march ahead. The ultimate victory shall be ours.
With revolutionary greetings,
