India: CTUs support the decision of the Postal Employees to strike work on 10.08.2022

The CTUs take note of the decision taken jointly by various unions of the Postal Employees to go on strike on 10^th August, 2022, against Central Government's move to corporatise and then to privatise Postal Service.

Various sections of government departments/establishments are being forced to go on strike because the Government's adamant stand on privatizing everything that they put into National Monetisation Pipeline, through multi pronged routes viz., aggressive pursuit of corporatisation, outsourcing of various services of postal department to outside agencies, casualisation and temporarisation of substantial section of workforce with precarious service conditions and non-filling of sanctioned regular vacancies etc.

It started with the sale of Air India, followed by the LIC IPO, Railway stations, Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and now, the Postal Department is up for grabs!

It is a known fact that eversince private courier services were allowed, the cost of posting has not only shot up, but the service is not available for rural areas, just like private versus public sector banks, private versus public road transport, where the private entities do not go to rural areas, on the same plea that "there, the business is not profitable". BSNL is a prime example where a good PSU was deliberately killed by this Government to favour private mobile service providers. The Government, through the Railways, is putting pressure on the Postal Department to shift their cartage to road transport - where private sharks are waiting !

CTUs stand with the Postal Employees in their opposition to privatise the postal service. CTUs also support their demands for filling up large number of vacancies and improving other service conditions.

The Joint Platform of CTUs and Federations/Associations calls upon the mass of common people to rise to the occasion and extend active support to the united struggles of the working people in various sectors, including the Postal Sector to resist and decisively defeat the anti-people, anti-national destructive policy regime of the BJP Government.

Privatisation through multi pronged routes viz., aggressive pursuit of corporatisation, outsourcing of various services of postal department to outside agencies, casualisation and temporarisation of substantial section of workforce with precarious service conditions and non-filling of sanctioned regular vacancies etc.

INTUC AITUC HMS CITU AIUTUC

TUCC SEWA AICCTU LPF UTUC

And Independent Sectoral Federations and Associations

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