Nation-wide bank strike on Dec 2
"It
means increase in working hours by one hour each day, 7 day banking,
shift system and round the clock banking, outsourcing all manual jobs
like sweepers, peons, increased passing powers for clerical staff on par
with officers and periodical transfer in clerical and sub-staff cadre
like officers and posting in rural and semi-urban areas ," he said.
Opposing merger of associate banks with SBI and dictation of SBI management on service conditions of employees in associate banks, Mishra said "we want autonomy for associate banks."
C
H Venkatachalam, General Secretary, All India Bank Employees
Association (AIBEA) said "bilateralism is given a go-bye and
unilateralism sought to be made the rule. Law is ignored and trade union
rights over-looked."
Alleging
the SBI management of not respecting the bipartite settlement and
tending to move unilaterally, arbitrarily, illegally and dictatorially
against employees interest, the AIBEA General Secretary said the General
Council of Unions met in Chennai last evening and decided to launch the
stir.
The
agitational programme, according to the AIBEA release, will start from
October 26, with lunch-time demonstration in front of the head offices
of all associate banks.
Regards,
E.R.Iyer
