(An Industrial Federation of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh)
Central office: 542, Dr. Munje Marg, Congress Nagar, Nagpur – 440 012
Ph. 0712-2460808, Fax 0712-2420850 E-mail – nobwco.ngp@gmail.com
CIRCULAR NO. 003/2015
DTD. 20.01.2014
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
WHO PLAYED DUBIOUSLY UFBU MEETING ON 19TH JAN. 2015
In fact, it has been our practice to report very correctly about the developments and discussions having effect on banking fraternity along with putting forward our view and opinion. Bi-partite discussions are no exception to this. However, this time, to avoid complexity, we are attaching UFBU circular as it is.
As the circular contains the overall details about the meeting, we refrain from reiterating it. Please refer to our earlier communications, where in we had informed you about the sub-committees formed to discuss other issues covered in the charter of demands. Accordingly, they were held on 19th January 2015 at Mumbai to decide the modalities and further action envisaged for the proposed 4 days strike from 21st January 2015. For details please refer annexed UFBU Circular No UFBU/2015/44 dated 19.01.2015.
While in the meeting dated 19.01.2015, the issue of Strike for 4 days was oscillating , we proud to say that we were the only workmen organisation who steadfastly demanded to go with the strike as per the original plan of UFBU until last. Unfortunately, apart from AIBOC no other constituent member was willing to go on 4 days strike. What a paradox? When a majority Officer Organisation, who always has been seen as a pro-management union, is insisting for a strike, and the so called majority Workmen Union, which always claimed to be pro-employees, backed out!
Friends, just to remind you, UFBU took a decision during its December 10th 2014 meeting, to go on one day strike on 7th January 2015 and 4 days strike from 21st to 24th January 2015 and Indefinite Strike from 16th March, despite most members were not keen on one day strike. For, they opined it neither brings any good to the employees nor affect the concerned authorities any which way. Consequent upon IBA’s gesture to improve their offer, UFBU deferred the one day strike and retained the status quo on other agitational programs. But, when the question of participating in 4 days strike arose, all constituent members buckled under pressure and toed the line of the elder brother and backed out on their earlier commitment, well with the exception of AIBOC.
Please think what a great opportunity we lost in this cat and mouse game played by those who claim to be the only saviors’ of workmen? When the world’s focus is on our country due to high profile visits during Republic Day function, the IBA would have been suitably instructed to deal favorably with the agitating bank employees. Instead, we lost a golden opportunity to get what is just and right. Because it would have created a very precarious situation for Government in front of the visiting dignitaries, had the entire banking industry been shut down for 4 days! The very first word in the ‘United Forum of Bank Unions’ is being used to blackmail and one-upmanship by the major stake holders.
However, we are always committed to the cause of workmen and we shall resolve our differences and wait for the outcome from next round of talks with IBA. If it happens to be just another round of talks for the sake of talks, then we may have to go on strike for 4 to 5 days in the month of February 2015.
In addition to this, we write to inform you that a meeting of NOBW & NOBO was held today with Shri Jayant Sinha, Hon. Minister of State (Finance) wherein we have raised the issues of Ongoing Wage Revision, Compassionate Appointments prior to 5.8.2014, Industrial Relations Meetings, Recruitment, 5 day's banking, Regulated Banking Hours, etc. the Secretary, Joint Secretary and Deputy Finance Secretary were also in the meeting. The issues had a patient hearing from all the concerned and have been assured to looked into. A memorandum is tendered to them by our Organisation.
Friends, we request all our functionaries to take note of the above and explain our Organisational position to the members and act accordingly.
With Nationalistic Greetings,
Fraternally yours
(MOHAN KUMTAKAR)
General Secretary
Kamlesh Chaturvedi Writes on facebook
My close friend and a great thinker on trade union movement in banking industry has depicted the truth behind rumours being spread stating that NOBO and NOBW supported Strike during UFBU meeting on 19th January in the following words:
" NOBW was started as an anti-thesis to the communist dominated AIBEA. The usual catchy tag of "nationalist trade union" also got attached as is common to all the BMS affiliates. As long as tall leaders like the respected Shri K N Shenoy & the late Shri Devidas Pai were in the forefront, the policy of exposing the misdeeds of aibea was meticulously carried out at full throttle during their period. Shri Devidas Pai even had the courage to walk out of the negotiating table in 1983, when IBA sought to introduce indiscriminate automation. As a result of this nobw was prevented from joining the negotiating table by IBA and were threatened that the benefit of special leave facilities would not be made available to their leaders.
But, for the next generation of leaders, the itch for enjoying the benefits of being representatives could not be suppressed for a long time and they decided to enter the game again by unconditionally subscribing to all the intervening settlements. Later they joined hands with the very same communists, against whom they started their organization in the first place, under the banner of UFBU. All this just to ensure that they continued to enjoy the royalties, without any care for the purpose of their genesis.
At the time of the last bipartite in 2010, when the PF optees were betrayed at the last minute, Shri Sawant of INBEF signed the settlement duly registering his protest. But NOBW meekly signed without a murmur. What a great fall in standards. When their former leader could protest and walk out of the negotiating table in 1983 fearing a bleak future for the bank employees, their successors could not even emulate a similar role in 2010. In the name of unity of UFBU, more than 4 lakh bank employees were thus betrayed and NOBW was just a mute spectator.
Now when the communists say that they have withdrawn the strike in the interest of the economy and the banking public, the nationalist union says that it is in favour of a strike against its own government. Are the bank employees such damns fools so that they cannot see through this dubious role of NOBW?"
" NOBW was started as an anti-thesis to the communist dominated AIBEA. The usual catchy tag of "nationalist trade union" also got attached as is common to all the BMS affiliates. As long as tall leaders like the respected Shri K N Shenoy & the late Shri Devidas Pai were in the forefront, the policy of exposing the misdeeds of aibea was meticulously carried out at full throttle during their period. Shri Devidas Pai even had the courage to walk out of the negotiating table in 1983, when IBA sought to introduce indiscriminate automation. As a result of this nobw was prevented from joining the negotiating table by IBA and were threatened that the benefit of special leave facilities would not be made available to their leaders.
But, for the next generation of leaders, the itch for enjoying the benefits of being representatives could not be suppressed for a long time and they decided to enter the game again by unconditionally subscribing to all the intervening settlements. Later they joined hands with the very same communists, against whom they started their organization in the first place, under the banner of UFBU. All this just to ensure that they continued to enjoy the royalties, without any care for the purpose of their genesis.
At the time of the last bipartite in 2010, when the PF optees were betrayed at the last minute, Shri Sawant of INBEF signed the settlement duly registering his protest. But NOBW meekly signed without a murmur. What a great fall in standards. When their former leader could protest and walk out of the negotiating table in 1983 fearing a bleak future for the bank employees, their successors could not even emulate a similar role in 2010. In the name of unity of UFBU, more than 4 lakh bank employees were thus betrayed and NOBW was just a mute spectator.
Now when the communists say that they have withdrawn the strike in the interest of the economy and the banking public, the nationalist union says that it is in favour of a strike against its own government. Are the bank employees such damns fools so that they cannot see through this dubious role of NOBW?"
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