CIRCULAR NO. 2013/722-4-2013
TO ALL CONSTITUENT
UNIONS / MEMBERS
Dear
Comrades,
Bipartite Talks with IBA
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 31st2012,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.
Workmen:
- Introduction of Cost to Company.
- Introduction of Performance linked Variable Pay.
- Deployment of Staff by invoking Para 536 of Sastri Award and superseding the provisions of 8th BPS.
- Rationalisation of special pay posts.
- Departmental action to continue after retirement.
- Premature retirement of workmen employees in public interest after 55 years of age or 30 years of service.
- 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,
(P.K.SARKAR)
CONVENOR