Eighth Federal Congress of FNPO

The Eighth Federal Congress of FNPO was held at Ahmedabad from 23rd May to 25th May 2009.

The Reception Committee headed by Shri.C.P.Nayi, made excellent arrangements for the conduct of the Congress. The CHQ congratulates him.

The CHQ congratulates the newly elected office bearers and assures them of our support towards redressal of problems of Postal Workers.

The extracts from the Circular dated 1.6.2009 issued by the FNPO is reproduced for information.

S/Sri
President: T.N. Rahate Postman Tank Road, Mumbai - 400 033.

Working President: Rajat S Das Supervisor HSG II Foreign Post Kolkata 700 001

Vice Presidents: 1. Shakeel Ahmed Burney, Sub Postmaster Krishna Nagar PO, Bulandsher (U.P)
2. G.P. Muthukrishnan, BCR PA, Anna Road H.O., Chennai - 600 002.
3. Subhash Chaudhry, Stamp Vendor, Indra Prashtha H.O., New Delhi - 110 002
4. K. Gunasekaran, Postman, Royapettah P.O. Chennai - 600 014.

Secretary-General : D. Theagarajan BCR SA Chennai Sorting Division, Chennai - 600 003.

Deputy Secy. General: B.S. Kashid SPM Court Road P.O., Beed 431 122, Maharashtra

Asst. Secy. Generals 1. C.P. Nayi, Mail Overseer, Naurangpura H.O. Ahmedabad
2. B. Shivkumar, P.A., Basavangudi P.O. Bangalore 560 004
3. Sekhar Mukherjee , Postman , Salkia H.O. Howrah, West
4. G. Shankar Goud , SPM Echoda P.O., Adilabad, A.P.
5. D. Rajendran, Mail Guard, Chennai Sorting Division Chennai - 600 003.

Secretary (Finance) : Brij Mohan Treasurer District Court P.O. Delhi 110 054.
Asst. Secretary : (Finance) Sham Singh P.A. New Delhi GPO

The General Secretaries of NUPE 'C', NUPE PM & Gr. 'D' NUR 'C' and NUR IV were elected as Departmental Council members.

Ms. Lall & Co was appointed as auditor.

Tamilnadu Circle and West Bengal Circle came forward to hold next Federal Congress. The House unanimously decided to hold next Federal Congress at Chennai.

Reception Committee under the stewardship of Sri C.P. Nayi made an excellent arrangement of board and lodging.

The VIII Federal Congress created an era in the history of the FNPO.

Sri D. Kishan Rao GS NUPE-C proposed a vote of thanks.


POLICY AND PROGRAMME
The VIII Federal Congress warmly thanks the members for their dedication and support to the Federation especially during agitations and membership verifications and appeals for continued support

Welcomes the new Government is assured of our support and appeals to it to drop all anti workers policies like privatization, franchising and casualisation of labor

Pins Its faith on negotiated settlement and urges the Dept. to
i) Consult the Federation on new schemes
ii) Settle the pending postal demands in a time frame
iii) Fill up all existing vacancies including promotion posts
iv) Review the additional duties given to Postman and Group 'D' cadres and modify the
orders.
v) Curtailment of facilities in the name of project arrow
vi) Review the conditions of existing buildings, departmental and rented, set them right

Urges Upon the Government to take up cadre review and improve the status of cadres unsolved by Pay commission, implement ACP scheme early, more attractive than the TBOP/BCR scheme.

Requests to JCM Staff side to pursue the implementation of Arbitration Awards.

Expedite the implementation of GDS committee recommendations, rejecting the unfortunate proposals.

Appeals to the Dept. to restore negotiating fora like JCM and periodical meetings.

Suggest to affiliates to identify the important subjects for settlement on priority basis and chalk out a programme for realization.

Declares that agitations, strikes and joint action are inevitable.

Exhorts upon the workers to be prepared for struggles as warranted by circumstances at the appropriate time and directs the Federation to chalk out a programme of action in consultation with the affiliates

Please note:
Quota to FNPO @ 50 paise per member may be remitted to Shri Brij Mohan, Secretary Finance, FNPO - District Court PO Delhi 110 054 please advise all branches