About 1 million bank officers are expected to participate in the strike on May 30 and May 31.
Breaking News India : Around 1 million bank employees will go on a two-day strike this Wednesday as the conciliation efforts by the Union government failed to convince bank unions to call off protests against the proposed low wage hike. Additional Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) Rajan Verma met the bank unions, under the banner of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), finance ministry officials and bank management, represented by the Indian Banks Association (IBA) in an effort to avert the strike.
“The CLC tried his best to sort out the strike-related issues but there is no positive development. Though the bankers, through the IBA, said they are willing to reconsider the proposed wage hike, there was no concrete proposal.
Hence, the strike stands,” All India Bank Employees Association General Secretary C H Venkatachalam said.
D T Franco, general secretary, All India Bank Officers’ Confederation said about 1 million bank officers are expected to participate in the strike on May 30 and May 31. During the conciliation proceedings, the bank unions told the CLC that a 2 per cent wage hike was proposed in a meeting held between bankers (IBA) and unions (UFBU) on May 5 “which was not at all acceptable, considering the rise in cost of living.”
“The officials from the IBA stated that they have had several rounds of discussions in respect of wage negotiations…in view of the huge non-performing assets or bad loans in the banks, only 2 per cent of wage increase was offered.
Strike Alert
Trade unions oppose…
- Bank management’s proposal for a 2 per cent wage hike
- Decision to negotiate wages for up to senior manager-level officers, thereby excluding general managers
- Centre’s ‘casual approach’ to wage revision of bank employees
Unions demand…
- Early wage revision settlement
- Wage revision should include all bank officers
- Adequate increase in salary and improvement in other service conditions
Labour Commissioner tells banks to…
- Cover all officers in wage negotiation
- Revise wage hike proposal
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