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Revolutionary Greetings on NFPTE Diamond Jubilee !
Today, 24th November 2014, is the Diamond Jubilee of the mighty NFPTE, the united organisation of the P and T workers of India. The National Federation of P and T Employees was formed on 24 November 1954, 60 years back at New Delhi. Of course, it was not the first organisation of the Postal, Telegraph or Telecom workers. But it was the first united organisation of the entire P and T employees, merging and realigning all the existing unions in the Department. The various unions existing separately had realised that a united organisation is necessary for advancement and settlement of the issues of the employees. While, Henry Barton, Babu Tarapada Mukherjee and V.G.Dalvi were the pioneers of the trade unions in this sector, which were formed during the first and second decades of the 1900s, Com. B.N.Ghosh and Com. K.G.Bose among others were the architects of the new organisation making a strong foundation for the mighty federation.
The initiative and leadership of NFPTE and Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers in the Historic Five Days Strike of 1960, the One Day Token Strike of 19 September 1968, the Bonus Strike of 1974 and the various other struggles are history and well recorded.
NFPTE was bifurcated in to NFPE and NFTE in 1986, consequent to the bifurcation of the P and T Department. BSNLEU was formed after telecom services were corporatised in to BSNL.
But the comradeship, co-ordination and fraternity continue with the unions both in Postal and BSNL.
On this 60th Anniversary of NFPTE, Revolutionary Greetings to all our comrades! Let us March Ahead with Dedication and Determination to the cause of workers.
NFPTE Zindabad! P and T Unity Zindabad !
VAN Namboodiri's Blog 
NFPTE Federal council held on 24 th Nov-1984 at KOCHI in commemoration of 30th year of its formation. A huge procession held at Kochi .Special buses were arranged for attending the meeting. from various part Kerala.I too attended the meeting and procession from Kannur. I was branch secretary and Raghavan Morazha was the president of AITEEU class iii Phones branch.