All postal department employees to get all the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations

All postal department employees to get all the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations

The indefinite strike by district postal employees was called off following the "acceptance of their long-standing demands by the authorities concerned".

Ranbir Singh, president of the All-India Postal Extra Deparatment Employees' Union, Sonepat Division told mediapersons here on Sunday that the striking postal department employees would get all the benefits under the Sixth Pay Commission's recommendations, salary at par with regular postal employees and three percent bonus.

"The payment of dearness allowance would be made on the pattern of regular postal employees", he claimed.

He asked the striking employees to turn up for duty in their respective branches and distribute the mail in the villages on apriority basis.

The strike was called off by the employees on Saturday evening.

Large number of mail bags containing thousands of letters and other articles had accumulated at the city head post office as the indefinite strike called by the district postal employees continued for four days.

At least 125 branches post offices had been locked since December 17.