TRADE
UNION SEMINAR
HELD AT
YOGAYOG BHAWAN FROM 22-24 NOV, 2012
We are elated to revert to you again at a time
when the just-held Trade Union Seminar
and the Symposium of System
Assistants, Marketing Executives and lady officials at the auditorium of
Yogayog Bhawan between 22 and 24 th November, 2012 have surpassed all of our
expectations with the jubilant and interactive participation of our Divisional
leaders and SAs, MEs and women employees from across the Circle, and now it is
a proven success that we have done it!
The Seminar was inaugurated by our venerable General
Secretary, Sri D. Kishan Rao through
his well-occasioned speech, briefing the expectant audience on the departmental
policy & programmes and the role of administration and the trade unions
thereof. He has, during the three-day programme, outlined a number of times the
changes and developments in the attitude of the Department towards different
categories of employees and the latest upshots, some of which are already
attained and some being in the pipeline. Some important decisions on the future
programmes and policies of the Union were also
taken in presence of close to 250 participants at the venue. We, NUPE-C of WB Circle, are
further honoured by the open appreciation by the GS that ours is the only FNPO-affiliated Circle
Union that has raised the moot point for a
threadbare discussion on National Postal Policies. His acknowledgement was
greeted with cheerful applause by the proud and honored participants.
Sri
S.K.Chakraborty, hon’ble
Ch PMG(WB)& Chief Guest did share some of his valuable thoughts and
concerns with the numbers present.
Sri
M.Sampath, hon’ble
PMG(SB) and Smt S.Sampath, hon’ble
PMG(Kol) both Special Guests too
offered their well-timed ideas and comments on the present scenario of changes
the Department is through.
We once again convey our deep gratitude to all
of them for making it to the seminar and also express our happiness in their being
with us over the lunch..
We have been privileged and graced by the
cordial and encouraging presence of a galaxy of Retired & veteran leaders
of bygone days from all wings of the FNPO in West Bengal Circle, like, Sri Sanat Sahoo, Circle President, NUPE-IV,
Sri Nakul Moitra, Asstt. Circle
Secy, NUPE-IV, Sri K. N. Bose, TU
leader, Sri Rajat Baran Ghosh,
Circle President & President, NUR-III, Sri
Anadi Bhushan Banerjee, Divl. President of NUPE-C, North
Kolkata Divn., Sri Jayanta
Bose, Circle President, DAP, Sri
Suren Sarkar, Circle Secretary, & others NUR-III. They all, some even
present braving the troubles and tribulations of age and related constraints,
enriched us with their valuable advice and suggestions by sharing with us their
experience-earned wisdom that will certainly play a pivotal role in our Trade
Union movements in the present as well as the future times.
Along with, present were several others leaders
of today like Sri Partha Pratim Ghorai,
Genl. Secy., National Union(Civil Wings), Sri
Arabinda Pathak, G/S & C/S of All India Stenographers’ Association, Sri Arup Kr Sil, Circle Secy, IPO &
ASPOs Association, Sri A.K.Maity,
Circle President of All India Postal Officers’ Association.
The
Programme was also attended by all
Circle Secretaries of FNPO-affiliated unions of West Bengal Circle and a good number of
RO & CO officers. The NUPE-IV was conspicuous by their absence.
We were particularly happy to be joined by many
of them over the lunch.
The last
day of the three-day session was particularly remarkable in that it earned and
drew the very keen attention and applause of our young male and lady brigades.
Smt Pema Doma Bhutia, D/S of Darjeeling Division
won plaudits from the audience of male and female members alike for her timely
ventilation of a serious concern of including more lady officials in the
divisional Executive Committees.
Sri Supriya Bose, Sys. Asstt. of RMS Gr. C, AP
Sorting Divn. and Sri Anupam Belel , Sys. Asstt., North
Kolkata Divn. very
lucidly identified the core areas of inconveniences being faced by the System
Assistant and both stressed the urgent need of creating a separate cadre for
SAs.
Sri Tapas Kr Mondal of Foreign Post handed to the GS present on the dais a
list of items related to the service conditions of Mktg.Executives requiring
immediate attention of the Department.
Sri Manic Ch Dey, Asstt. C/S-cum-D/S of
Murshidabad Division & Sri Kausik Roy, Asstt. Secy, South Hooghly Dn
summarized in a very concise coherence the message and the inherent teachings
the three-day session actually spelt out.
Lastly, the
Circle Secretary-cum-coordinator, Sri Rajat S Das, with his agile presence,
skilled arbitration and tempered elaboration on different aspects of the listed
and out-of-the-list agenda, has once again proved his mettle par excellence.
This is the first time that all CWC members and
Divisional Secretaries and leaders of West Bengal Circle
attended the programme to show the united face of our union.
As is learnt, this programme, held on such a
large and imposing scale, has already sent ripples in administrative circles.
At the same time, it is also hoped, not without
any solid justification either, that the antagonistic forces should not afford
to belittle our worth and strength, integral to our tested righteousness and
inbred fighting zeal in the face of all outside pressures and injustices, any
further.
The Circle Union has once again come to find
another coveted occasion of being proud of its most priceless possession of so
many leaders and budding leaders in its armory who are to fight the
administrative highhandedness, challenge the very ill-motivated overtures by
the vested interest and also to carry the flaming torch of vibrant progressive
movements ahead through many a gaping odd.
All the credit to make the occasion a real
milestone to guide the future course of our trade-union journey goes
essentially to the exemplary integrity and sincerity of all the divisional
secretaries & their team at divisional level as well as the CWC Office
Bearers, after all.
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