No.GDS/CHQ/1/5/2010
Dated 22-10-2010
To,
All
Circle/Divisional/Branch Secretaries,
All CWC
Members, A.I.P.E.D.E.U.
Subject:- Union Building
fund and legal fund.
Dear
Comrades,
Please lend your attention and think over. You
will kindly agree that the CHQ constantly struggles for the uplift and
betterment of the service conditions of its members- the entire GDS
fraternity of the Gramin Dak Sevaks so to say. Our endeavour has been to
ensure better prospects and better life for the Gramin Dak Sevaks. On the
other hand the powers-that-be dole out small benefits and often by snatching
the existing benefits in lieu of the new benefit. But the sole intension of
these powers has been to divert the efforts from our main objective of
'departmentalisation'. This all, despite several legal pronouncements and
every time they would be reminding us of our status and slowly but
constantly changing certain terminologies or rules to blunt the edge of our
demand. Such efforts need to be fought both organizationally and legally.
We
congratulate our members for the massive way in which they have responded to
the reverification which has ensured that this union
emerges as the sole recognized union. But certain moves by certain quarters
provide sufficient reasons for apprehension that there is something
hanky-panky going on. While we have emerged as the biggest and with largest
percentage as the winners as only union elible for recognition our union has
been discriminately singled out and issue of recognition has been withheld
on some very clumsy and untenable excuses. We make it clear that we are not
there for accepting such move and we are ready to fight it on all fronts.
Yet again certain retrograde orders have been issued like the bonus orders
to reverse the well-established practice and convention. The enhanced
Security bonds and recovery of premia for five year block is yet another
issue where GDS employees are crudely discriminated against. There are many
such moves. And all this in the name recommendations of Sri Natraja Murti
Committee. We fail to understand as to what is special in these
recommendations of one single ex-bureaucrat. While other recommendations
right from Madan Kishore Report to the report of Justice Talwar Committee
have been treated differently.
Comrades, do you not feel that the moves that are initated and being slowly
implemented need to be nipped in the bud? Do you not agree that ours is a
union which is committed to the well bing of the GDS employees without being
influenced by extraneous considerations? The answer is an authentic 'yes'
and in that case we need to receive more assertive response.
We are
constrained by two factors-(i) We are not receiving funds both in shape of
regular quota and in shape of special collection; and (ii) we are not having
our own union building despite such a big membership. In order to make it
easy for us to move forward we had made a passionate appeal for special
donation towards union building fund and legal fund so that we could resort
to all avenues available to us. But the response has been very cold and
lukewarm at the best. We had requested that one-time collection of Rs.200/-
per member should be raised and remitted to the CHQ. You your self may look
within and find the answer what has been the response.
We are
still confident that our faith in our members, activists, Divisional/Branch
Secretaries and Circle Secretaries is not misplaced that they will raise the
donation and send the same to the CHQ in the interest of the organization,
in the interest of the members and in the interest of the entire GDS
employees.
Let our
confidence fructify. Let the donations come forward in big way. We on our
part
Reassure
redoubled efforts.
With, Pooja and Diwali greetings,
Yours fraternally,
(S.S Mahadevaiah)
General Secretary
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