3rd JULY was re-curtain raiser for Bank Retirees on 2 counts.
1.Supreme
Court reopened after summer vacations and some financial sector
retirees resumed their busy work to draft/file SLPs and to start
dialogues with legal counsels for effecive presentation of arguments in
upcoming hearings.
2. Both AIBRF and AIBPARC finalised CHARTER OF DEMANDS FOR JUST STARTED XI BIPARTITE NEGOTIATIONS.
Now they demand inclusion of selves in Bipartite Negotiations instead of routing through UFBU & its affiliates.
AIBRF > MANDATE TO HOLD DISCUSSION WITH THE RETIREES
AIBPARC > All the issues of the retirees’ are in the nature of residual issues that
should be discussed by IBA with the UFBU and the decisions arrived should form part of the bi partite
settlement / joint notes. In fact these issues are to be discussed with retiree associations too.
IBA is to organize co ordination and co operation on procedural, legal, technical,
administrative or professional problems and practices of the banks and the banking industry. When such a
responsibility is cast on IBA they cannot disown their responsibility on the pretext of alleged lack of
mandate.
In
the meantime, SBI Retirees had a major achievement of refitment of
pension on revised scales for V, VI & VII Bipartite Retirees on
respective wage revisions that denied to them on respective wage
revisions (ie for those retired between commencement of bipartite but
before bipartite agreeemnt) now getting pension fitment with arrears
from dates of retiremet.
During
talks by SBIPA team with IBA/DFS on implementation of above award, it
was indicated that henceforth any Retirees Issues to be dealt wth at
respective Bank Levels only not at industry/IBA level.
The last Record Note with signing "PENSION AS WELFARE MEASURE" is the bsic directive to take that stance, it is indicated.
AS in practice, any welfare measure is at Bank level only not uniform at industry level.
There
strong indications that IBA emerge ultimately so as final stand in the
ensuring Bipartite on those lines though in beginning play swinging
statements as in last Bipartite.
Common
Retirees also anxious what is to be going in view of latest
developments, majority with no hopes but many with rays of hope by dint
of their own developed ideas of how best to do now but not convey due to
lack of cohesive communication with assocations.
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Mini Musings :
BENEVOLENCE>
SBI
PA comprising half of the Bank Retirees Force/Mass is on way to
philanthroopic activities and earmarking 25% of its funds for such.
Another
features within these is setting up "Benevolent Fund" for retirees and
giving funeral expenses also with certain limits to spouses of deceased
retiress.
MANY
RETIREE ASSNS. CONDUCTING HEALTH CAMPS NOW & THEN WITH THEIR
PERIODICAL MEETS. MAJORITY OF THEM DIABETIC OR WITH HEART AILMENTS,
ONE OF THE RECENT TEST GAINING ON IS "DIABETIC NEUROPATHY HCP TEST".
= VBV RAMESH
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