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Two postal unions call off stir, another to continue
Two of the striking postal employees` unions, Sunday night, called off their 13-day countrywide stir with immediate effect following a settlement with the government on their demands for wage revision. But, a third union representing National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) announced they would continue the stir.
Two of the striking postal employees' unions, Sunday night, called off their 13-day countrywide stir with immediate effect following a settlement with the government on their demands for wage revision. But, a third union representing National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE) announced they would continue the stir.
Emerging from the four-hour negotiations between the unions and communication minister Ramvilas Paswan, G K Padmanabhan, secretary general of Federation Of National Postal Organisation and V S Yadav, secretary general of Bharatiya Postal Union told reporters that they had decided to withdraw the strike following an agreement with the government on their demands.
However, deputy secretary general of NFPE R L Bhattacharya said his federation was not happy with the settlement and would press ahead with the stir
Bureau Report