Postal staff threaten stir

NEW DELHI, AUG.11. The postal employees unions today threatened to resume their agitation if the Government failed to meet their charter of demands by the end of this month.

``The postal Joint Council of Action will review the whole situation after the expiry of deadline on August 31, and take appropriate decisions'', a statement by the National Federation of Postal Employees and Federation of National Postal organisation said.

More than six lakh postal workers are today observing the day as early settlement day by holding rallies and demonstrations throughout the country, the statement said.

It said the indefinite strike call given by the unions was postponed in a written agreement by the postal department in the presence of the Union Communication Minister,Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan, on May 1.

- PTI

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