An Appeal to Bankers BY A Banker on Wage Talk Drama

Dear Bankers,


It is time to come out of our differences as Officers and Workmen and unite together to take a tough yet bold decision to decide our future…

Let us not allow the decade old leaders to spoil our future…

The IBA-UFBU wage Talks has become a big Drama drafted by some UFBU leaders in collusion with IBA and Govt. The OCT 12 talks is yet another series of the Drama…

From the prolonged delay in the Wage talks the agenda of some of the leaders is getting exposed..…and they have also lost their guts and courage to call for Strike neither to demand Salary nor to Stop Mergers…

 At this juncture, very important development is….

Two Historic writ petitions (W.P.(MD) No.21195 of 2018 & W.P.(MD) No.19947 of 2018) have been filed at Madurai bench of Madras High Court one by Com Dhanasekar and another by Canara Bank OBC Welfare Association to direct the IBA to implement minimum starting pay of Group C employees in Central Govt to the Workmen (Clerk & Sub staff) and Group A salary to JMGS I officers based on the Creamy Layer Notification issued by Department of Financial Services dated 06.12.2017 which states that

 “JMGS I of PSBs will be treated as equivalent to Group A in Govt of India”

&

Clerks & Peons in PSBs will be treated as equivalent to Group C in Govt of India”

 Without bringing parity in the salary and perks implementation of this notification is not possible hence the Writ petitions were filed.  Once implemented, the cadre wise salary and perks will be same for all bankers irrespective of the category.


The said Notification was sent to the CEOs of all PSBs and the Chairman of IBA on 06.12.2017 itself. All the UFBU leaders were also aware of this notification.

But, when the DFS notification says that workmen and officers of PSBs are equivalent to the Group C and Group A employees of Central govt respectively, who is IBA to stop that?  Why some UFBU leaders also trying to stop that?


The Hon’ble Court also kindly considered our demand as genuine and sent notices to IBA and DFS to submit their reply.  If the IBA implement the direction of the Hon’ble Court if comes in our favour, then the bankers starting Basic Pay will be as follows.

Cadre                   7th Pay Commission      10th Bi-Partite

Sub Staff                   18000                           9560                   

Workmen                    35400                         11765

Officers                      56100                          23700
                                       
                                                           
If the UFBU Leaders are sincere in their efforts to achieve Wages equivalent to Central govt Staffs then they should have pressurized the IBA to implement the Notification of Department of Financial Services dated 06.12.2017. But they have not done so. This shows their agenda is entirely different and certainly not in favour of us…

Whether they are going to get us more than the salary of Central Govt Staffs through Bipartite?

The circular issued by Com Bandlish, UFBU Convenor on 13.10.18 speaks follows…

“1. IBA’s earlier offer of 6% should be substantially improved upon to work out a mutually acceptable wage accord. “

Why UFBU leaders should beg like this? and why the convenor should issue circular for begging? …when we have DFS notification and Judiciary in our support…

The UFBU convenor Com Bandlish should have issued the circular as follows…

 “IBA should implement the Minimum basic pay of Group C Employees of Govt of India to Clerks and Substaffs, Minimum basic pay of Group A officers of Govt of India to JMGS-I officers as per DFS notification dated 06.12.2017”

 But he did not….This shows they are not willing to demand Wages on parity with Central Govt employees.

The Charter of demands submitted by four officer organizations demanded the parity with Central Govt officers. Then how Com Bandlish was allowed by the leaders of those UFBU affiliates to issue such circular against their original demands?

 It is learnt that IBA is going to submit a reply to the Hon’ble court that The Implementation of the DFS Order dated 06.12.2017 is not possible as the bankers wages are decided through Bipartite. Shocking point is some of the veteran UFBU leaders may also support the IBA stand…


To put it in Simple terms…

UFBU Leaders may give their consent to IBA that they will not demand implementation of DFS notification for Salary in parity with Central Govt Staffs.

When Govt notification supports our demands…When Judiciary considering our demands…Why some few UFBU leaders desperately trying to spoil the future of lakhs of Clerk, Substaff and Officers of Public Sector Banks by colluding with IBA?



We, 10 Lakh bankers should unite now and demand our leaders not to give consent to IBA either directly or indirectly against Court Notice.


Immediately after receiving this email/communication please share with your local, regional and national leaders of all 9 UFBU affiliates comprising both workmen and Officers and pressurize them not to beg on percentage concept but to demand Salary in parity with Central Govt employees.

Every single minute is important from now onwards comrades…

The Govt/RBI/IBA suck our blood for the pity salary…..Hence it is time to stand up and say…We are not salves anymore and we deserve more Wages equivalent to Central Govt Salary..

Go ahead and bombard the mailboxes and whatsapp of your respective leaders to support the Writ petitions (W.P.(MD) No.21195 of 2018 & W.P.(MD) No.19947 of 2018) to implement minimum starting pay of Group C employees in Central Govt to the Workmen (Clerk & Sub staff) and Group A salary to JMGS I officers based on the Creamy Layer Notification issued by Department of Financial Services dated 06.12.2017 which states that

“JMGS I of PSBs will be treated as equivalent to Group A in Govt of India”

&

Clerks & Peons in PSBs will be treated as equivalent to Group C in Govt of India”
 I have attached the DFS notification and contact person to join the writ along with this email.

Go ahead comrades…

 Comradely,

Sivakumar Duraipandy

W.P.(MD) No.19947 of 2018
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W.P.(MD) No.21195 of 2018
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A.Santhana Pandiyan

Regional Secretary – Madurai Region

All India Canara Bank OBC Employees Welfare Association

Contact No: 8610885574


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*AIBEA and its downfall is because of their wrong leader CHV - Led to burial of prospects of banking fraternity*

Sad to see having AIBEA, so many dissidents are taking birth. Sad to see the tall CHV getting panicked and start digital campaign.

This panicked CHV crusified AIBEA after taking the organisation from com Tarakeswar Chakraborthy, who was a status quo leader.

Now Com Parwana nor Com Prabhatkar like tall leaders only can imbibe life into dead AIBEA. Except clinching pension in 1997, this Organisation has done nothing thereafter. They surrendered the bargaining power of 10 Lakh plus bank employees to IBA and Bank Managements. This happened over a period of 20 years due to status quo, incapacitated and present corrupt leader, the great CH Venkatachalam.  The 1995 Pension agreement was not implemented as agreed. For this AIBEA is silent and was silent. AIBEA never insisted the bankers to implement pension in lines of CPC as drafted in pension agreement.

In 2001, VRS bonanza was accepted by TU's, giving way to paying reasonably handsome Ex Gratia and pension optees getting pension from date of retirement. Instead of pension payment from their attaining superannuation age ie from 60 years. This led to deficiency of pension corpus from 2002, as the pension optees contribution was meagre and withdrawals was large. This problem was trusted on the inservice bank employees in 2010.  Cleverly UFBU linked wage revision to second option pension option pretending they are for employees. Later made the pension optees agree for a Heavy penalty of surrendering their wage revision arrears for improvising the Pension Corpus. Already retired were asked to pay back their PF settled with interest to join pension scheme. Great drama enacted by both AIBEA and IBA. 

Later AIBEA was silenced slowly year on year by IBA saying NPA's and pension is burdening the bank profits so 'no revision'. Alternatively offer was given for 8%, 5% and 2% hike to bankers unlike rise of 20% in other PSU's. A time comes, XI BP, wherein IBA tells that all banks will not get wage revision, all bank-men will not get wage revision, but few down the line will get. For others, wage revision will be depending on banks health and bank-men performance.  This is the 20 years success story of great mighty AIBEA under stewardship (mostly) of CHV., alias CH Venkatachalam, around 70 years old veteran leader.

CHV the Great leader, does not want to step down even at 70 years of age, still want to represent, dictate all other apex Bank unions showing strength of AIBEA. CHV twists UFBU to his advantage whomsoever may be Convenor of UFBU. In this past 15 years CHV has become as rich as Tamilnadu politicians.   His greed for power and hunger for illegal kickbacks by surrendering the bargaining power of Trade Unions did not end here. He started meddling with Bank retirees issues. In X BP he collided with IBA and made heinous note drafting illegal definition on 'contractual relationship between bank management and the retirees' and made UFBU sign it. This is the height of his greed, which witnessed  sacrificing the interests of retirees, he himself being a Retiree.

Apart from BP earnings, the latest Medical Group Insurance policy fetched TU leaders enough money year on year under stewardship of CHV. These UFBU leaders, in the name of continuation of scheme negotiate for retirees an annual increase in insurance premium payable. They don't rub the same on account of Inservice Employees Insurance premium payable, as that is paid by their counterparts, that is IBA or Bank Managements. Today bank retirees are the worst sufferers not having got their justifiable superannuated benefits in every Bipartite's from VI BP onwards. DA anomalies, fixation differences, non up-gradation of pension, introduction of special allowance, cut off dates for benefits like gratuity, non insistence of retirees premium to be borne by managements from welfare fund etc., all these issues/ problems mishandled and created by union leaders are being fought by poor retirees in several Courts with their own money.  Apart from above the biggest crime committed by UFBU  is allowing IBA to misinterpret Pension Regulations 1995, for calculation of pension, recovery of disbursed pension etc., Recently UFBU keeps mum on change of effective date of Gratuity enhancement, when all other PSU's get as per house decision ie from 01/01/2016.

Retiree Friends, awake and arise at least now, before your AIBEA led UFBU and APBRF bury you alive.

A victim and well wisher of bank pensioners

 K. Rohini Rao
Retired officer SBH

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