UFBU CIRCULAR NO. 7
dated 22-4-2013:
A
round of discussion was held today in Mumbai between IBA and UFBU on our
charter of demands for revision of wages and service conditions. The IBA was
represented by the negotiating team headed by Mr. T M Bhasin (CMD Indian Bank
and Senior Vice President, IBA). UFBU
was represented by the constituent unions.
NOBW could not be present due to their pre-fixed agitational programme
in Delhi.
During
this meeting, IBA provided the detailed data relating to establishment expenses
of the banks as on March 31st 2012, which will be taken as the basis
for calculations in the ensuing wage revision exercise. According to the data,
the total establishment expenditure/wage bill of the public sector banks as on
31-03-2012 comes to Rs.56,292 crores for workmen and officers put together.
The
IBA also submitted the following Management issues for discussions by UFBU.
Officers:
- Introduction of Cost to Company.
- Introduction of Performance
linked Variable Pay.
- Restrictions on applicability
for wage revision( upto scale 3).
Workmen:
1. Introduction of Cost to Company.
2. Introduction of Performance linked
Variable Pay.
3. Deployment of Staff by invoking Para
536 of Sastri Award and superseding the provisions of 8th BPS.(transferring to long distance branch)
4. Rationalisation of special pay posts.
5.
Departmental
action to continue after retirement.(employee
will receive his contribution P.F only)
6. Premature retirement of workmen
employees in public interest after 55 years of age or 30 years of service.
7. Simultaneous disciplinary action
under departmental enquiry as well as judicial proceedings.
IBA further stated that they would
make their presentations on these issues in the next meeting. They also
informed that the next round of discussions would be held by the middle of May
2013.
Comrades, while we have come to the
IBA for wage revision, it is clear that they are trying to foist anti-employee,
anti-officer propositions. It appears that wage revision will be a challenging
task before us. Hence our unity and vigilance are very important when we
proceed with our charter of demands.
From the UFBU we insisted on the IBA
that the long pending issue of compassionate ground appointment scheme should
be resolved on a priority basis. We also
brought to their notice the problems faced by employees and officers on account
of introduction of Grid-based clearing system by the RBI and urged for solution
so that the issue does not become a dispute.
Further developments will be informed
to unions in due course.
With
greetings,
Yours
comradely,
Sd. P K Sarkar
Convener
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