ENLARGED CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE 

ALL INDIA GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS UNION (AIGDSU)

ENLARGED CENTRAL WORKING COMMITTEE

GURUDWARA, RAKAB GANJ, NEW DELHI-110001

17-12-2014 to 18-12-2014

DECLARATION

The enlarged Central Working Committee of All India Gramin Dak Sevaks Union being held at Gurudwara, Rakab Ganj, New Delhi from 17-12-2014 to 18-12-2014 expressed serious concern and anguish over continuing indifference and in action by the Dept. of Posts and Govt. of India to honour the agreement made between this union and Member (P) on 21-02-2014 during indefinite strike.

The enlarged CWC congratulates the leaders, members and well wishers of AIGDSU for the unprecedented success of the enlarged CWC. The strikes and struggles of 2014 have strengthened and widened the unity of GDS fraternity.

It is known fact that the GDS are creating revenue to the Dept. of Posts by implementing various schemes such as MGNREGS, SSP, PLI and RPLI. If all types of work done by GDS have to be taken into workload, the BOs will be departmentalized with more than eight hours work.

It is learnt that the Department of Posts and the Govt. of India decided to appoint officer committee to examine the service conditions and wage structure of GDS by violating the agreement made with this union.  

AIGDSU vehemently opposed the decision of the Department of Posts to appoint officer committee to examine wage structure and service conditions of GDS when discussions took place between the leaders of AIGDSU and officers of the Department in the month of November. We are ready to take any sort of trade union action for Judiciary committee with retired Supreme Court or high court judge as chairman we denied the request of the Department of Posts regarding to submit the terms of reference to one man committee. We categorically said whether the Department of posts appoints judiciary committee, We will submit our terms of reference. We felt that there is no need to submit terms of reference to the Department. We have to submit terms of reference to the judiciary committee.

If the Department appoints an officer committee violating the agreement, everybody not only the Postal employees but also the public lost confidence in the Department of Posts. The Department of Posts losts its credibility and nobody will trust the Department in future.

If the Department appoints an officer committee ignoring the agreement, AIGDSU will totally boycott the committee and initiate serious trade union action including indefinite strike for the realization of the following demands.

DEMANDS

(1)    Appoint Judicial Committee under the Chairmanship of retired Supreme Court or High Court Judge by Honouring the 21.2.2014 Agreement.

(2)    Regularize GDS employees and grant all facilities at par with Departmental employees.

(3)    Scrap Revised Recruitment Rules and Restore 1989 Recruitment Rules.

(4)    Remove merit point system on compassionate appointments.

(5)    Enhance cash conveyance allowance and reduce cash handling norms from Rs. 20,000/- to Rs. 5000/-

(6)    Implement Rastriya Swasthya Bheema Yojana (RSBY) Immediately.

The enlarged CWC appeals all the GDS in the Department of Posts to take part in the ensuing indefinite strike of AIGDSU to achieve our justified demand.