We reproduce hereunder AIBOC Circular No.2015/10
dated 04-02--2015 issued by Com. Harvinder Singh, General Secretary, AIBOC, for
your information.
With warm
regards,
Yours
Comradely,
[ SHEKHAR KADAM ]
Circular
No. 2015/10
Date: 04-02-2015
Dear
Comrades,
·
IBA BACKTRACKS FROM ITS ASSURANCE –
·
OFFERS A PALTRY 0.5% INCREASE
·
UFBU DECIDES TO REVIVE THE STRIKE PROGRAMMES
·
CALLS FOR 4 DAYS’ STRIKE FROM 25th to
28th FEBRUARY 2015
·
INDEFINITE STRIKE FROM 16th MARCH 2015
Please
refer to our Circular No. 2015/08 dated 20.01.2015, advising you the
circumstances under which the decision, to put four days strike from 21.01.2015
to 24.01.2015 on hold, was taken. The apprehensions and feelings conveyed by
your representatives in the UFBU meeting have proved true. The promises made by
the IBA to defer the four days crucial strike have been breached. United Forum
of Bank Unions has been forced to restart the agitation programme, which was
put on hold due to the assurances of the IBA for a reasonable negotiated
settlement. We reproduce, hereunder, Circular No. UFBU/2015/45 dated 04.02.2015
of United Forum of Bank Unions.
QUOTE:
“In
our earlier Circular No.UFBU/2015/44 dated 19-1-2015, we had informed that in
the background of the assurance given by IBA towards expeditious wage
settlement and considering the positive developments since last conciliation
meeting held on 5th January 2015, UFBU had put on hold its call for
4 days’ strike from 21st January 2015.
In
this background another round of negotiations between IBA and UFBU was held in
Mumbai yesterday (i.e., 3rd February 2015). Subsequent to a general reporting of the
discussions held in the meetings of the three Sub-Committees on (i) Employees’
service conditions, (ii) Officers’ service conditions and (iii) revised medical
reimbursement scheme, the important issue of further improvement in the wage
increase offer came up for discussion.
IBA sought the view of UFBU about revising its demand from 19.5% in
order to arrive at a final deal. UFBU
informed IBA that the wage increase offer needs to be substantially improved by
IBA as assured and accordingly UFBU would negotiate further to reach a final
accord. Quoting, once again, the
strenuous financial performance of various Banks, IBA informed that the banks
are not in a position to accept the demand of the UFBU. After prolonged discussions, IBA finally
proposed to improve their offer from 12.5% to 13% and expected UFBU to scale
down its demand.
Since
the increase in offer of 0.5% by IBA was paltry, inadequate and not
satisfactory, UFBU met thereafter and decided to revive the strike programmes
as under:
9th
February 2015
|
Centralised Demonstrations at all centres
|
13th
February 2015
|
Centralised Demonstrations at all centres
|
20th
February 2015
|
Badge Wearing & Demonstrations
|
23rd
February 2015
|
Press Meet in all State capitals
|
24th
February 2015
|
Centralised Demonstrations at all centres
|
25th
to 28th February 2015
|
FOUR
DAYS’ ALL INDIA BANK STRIKE
|
2nd
to 14th March 2015
|
Further preparatory programmes
|
16th
March onwards
|
INDEFINITE
STRIKE
|
Comrades,
the sincere and persuasive efforts of UFBU to negotiate a reasonable and
mutually acceptable wage increase are being misunderstood by the IBA and the Government
as its weakness. With utmost patience,
for the past two years, UFBU has been making its best efforts to settle the
demands amicably. At every point of
time, we have shown our flexibility. But
unfortunately, it is not being reciprocated by the IBA.
When
the entire workforce in the banking industry is making every effort to
implement the various programmes of the Government including the recent Jan
Dhan Yojana, when employees and officers are working under lot of stress and
maximum difficulty due to manpower shortage and increased volume of work, it is
regrettable that the Government is remaining a passive spectator without
initiating any steps to find an amicable solution to the genuine expectations
of bank employees for a better and
reasonable wage revision.
UFBU
has been once again pushed to the path of struggle. We call upon all our units and the entire
membership to rise as one and plunge into action to implement the programmes
successfully.
State-level
UFBU meetings should be held immediately to plan out the steps to be initiated
for making all the programmes a total success.
Comrades
- March ahead with solidarity and unity – Let us exhibit clearly that our
united movement brings Success and success alone.....
“WE
SHALL FIGHT – WE SHALL FIGHT – TILL WE SUCCEED – WE SHALL FIGHT”
Sd/-
(M.V.
MURALI)
CONVENOR
UNQUOTE
Comrades, these are the testing times. Let us march
on unitedly on the path of struggle under the banner of United Forum of Bank
Unions for a reasonable Salary Revision and service conditions for Bank
Officers and Employees.
With revolutionary
greetings,
Comradely yours,
Sd/-
(HARVINDER SINGH)
GENERAL SECRETARY
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