NEW YEAR(2014) GREETINGS!!

Before extending my greetings to all of you……..

Let us rewind and analyse our activities in the past….

How many of us took part in union/association activities actively?

Whether we have attended all dharnas, demonstrations, meetings without fail?

On Strike days whether we attended demonstrations  at our working centers or gone to native place,taking rest, watching tv shows etc., or doing our long pending personal work?

Why I am asking these questions?

A tamil film song by our famous poet Kannadasan goes like this…

“Others can weep for us .It is possible …but they can’t eat for us..It is not possible.”

i.e. We have to eat for our hunger.

When we are not ready to spare a few hours for our wages, improvement in service condintion, security of job, How can we expect others (Union people)  to spare their time, energy for betterment of us?

UFBU MET HONO'BLE FINANCE MINISTER!!

DETAILS ARE AS UNDER:

 “UFBU in its meeting held at Chennai on 4th July 2013, as a part of action 
programme, has decided to meet the Hon’ble Finance Minister in a delegation to 
bring to his notice the ongoing issues and seek his intervention. Accordingly, the 
delegation consisting the representatives of all the UFBU Constituents met 
Shri P. Chidambaram, Hon’ble Finance Minister in Delhi on 6th August 2013 and 
submitted a detailed memorandum on all our issues. The meeting was held in a 
cordial atmosphere. After minutely going through the contents of the 
memorandum, he responded that such of these issues which are to be addressed 
by IBA may be taken up in the ongoing negotiations on charter of demands and 
such of those involving policy decisions will be looked into by the Ministry. 
 The text of the Memorandum dated 6th August 2013 submitted to the Hon’ble 
Finance Minister on our issues is appended below for information.” 
 Sd/- 
(M. V. MURALI) 
 CONVENOR 
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Camp: New Delhi 
6
th August, 2013 
To 
Shri. P. Chidambaram, 
Hon. Minister for Finance 
Government of India 
New Delhi. 
Dear Sir, 

UFBU MEETING ON 4th JULY 2013

UFBU MEETING ON 4^th JULY 2013

UFBU Meeting was held on 4^th July 2013 in Chennai under the chairmanship of                   Com. Vinil Saxena, President, National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE).  The meeting deliberated at length, apart from the issues being confronted by the bank employees and officers, the developments at national level and its likely impact on Banking Industry.

          It was noted with serious concern the delay in wage revision negotiations and the lack of seriousness on the part of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) in taking up the issues raised by the Unions in the Common Charter of Demands. 

COMMON CHARTER OF DEMAND

        COMMON CHARTER OF DEMANDS

FOR REVISION OF WAGES AND

SERVICE CONDITIONS

UNDER 10^TH BIPARTITE SETTLEMENT

(AIBEA+ NCBE + BEFI +INBEF +NOBW)

Five Award staff Unions submitted the Common Charter of demands to 

IBA today (30.10.2012)

HIGHLIGHTS!!

**Increase 30% for Clerks and 35% for Substaff .

**Stagnation Increments without ceiling.

**Increase in Spl.Allow. commensurate with risk and responsibility, over and above merging of D.A.

** D.A. increase every month.

** Petrol cost reimbursement.

**Casual leave 18 days, P.L. accumulation up to 300 days.

** Cost of Hospitalisation reimbursement to be outside wage cost

** Overtime for connectivity problem/late sitting.

**Reimbursement of lodging bill over and above Halting allow.,

** 5 days week to be introduced.

**Education loan on concessional rate to staff.

** Pensioners/Retired Employees:

   PF 12%,

   Gratuity calculation revision,

   New Pension Scheme to be withdrawn for newly recruited employees,

   Updation pension with every settlement

   100% D.A. nutralisation,

   Family pension improvement,

   Extending 2^nd pension option to all resigned employees,

   LFC and Hospitalisation for retired employees,

   Cost of superannuation benefits should be outside wage cost.

Following is the copy of  charter of demands:

		CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR FULL DETAILS 10 B.P.S DEMAND ORIGINAL DOCUMENT! for Those want to read in text form=>

10th BIPARTITE SETTLEMENT and MY SUGGESTIONS !!

(REVISED 25.06.2012)

Bank employees started talking about 10th  Bipartite Settlement.

Dissatisfaction, anguish, backstabbing, disappointment over IXth Bipartite/Pension settlement   are still remaining fresh in their mind.

Percentage of increase was very low when compared to LIC/GIC and Central/State Govt. employees.

Penalty was imposed on those who opted for Pension, thanks to the black-sheep within UFBU and supported indirectly by Big brothers in UFBU.

Those who are affected are still knocking the doors of various courts.

O.K. will the unions/associations learn lessons from what has happened in the past?

Will they achieve higher percentage this time?

Will they find ways to overcome the worst working condition prevailing now? 

As per settlement charter of demand may be given by UFBU SIX MONTHS BEFORE 01.11.2012. i.e by 01.05.2012

Let us not start the wage discussion with pessimistic note.

Hope all will end well.

Working Employees are welcome to express their expectations on various heads of wage revision. and send your suggestions to my e-mail.

My suggestions for 10^th Bipartite Settlement:

1.      STAGNATION INCREMENT:

     Now Scale of pay for clerk/sub staff has only 20 increments.

     A graduate clerk (age 23) with CAIIB will reach the maximum in 15 years.

    After that he has 23 years of service, whereas only 7 increments are available.

    Therefore I suggest that span of scale of pay should be increased to 25 

    and  thereafter Stagnation increments to be given at the interval of 2 years. 

1A. F.P.P:  D. A. on F.P.P should be defreezed.   ........Continued

NOBW'S CHARTER OF DEMAND FOR 10th B.P.S!

NOBW'S CHARTER OF DEMAND FOR 10th B.P.S!

Source:  http://nobw.co.in/

NATIONAL ORGANISATION OF

BANK WORKERS (REGD)

(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

Website - www.nobw.co.in

CHARTER OF DEMANDS FOR 10TH BIPARTITE SETTLEMENT

1. Scales of Pay - Clause 4 of 9th BPS dated 27.04.2010 be amended and the scales of pay

of the workmen shall be revised with effect from 01.11.2012:

Note:

 The Scales are to be revised by merger of Basic at 4708 points which is average of (April

to June 2012 quarter) of Present Basic.

 After merger as above, New Pay Scales are constructed by adding 40% for both Non-

Subordinate Staff and Subordinate Staff and increments are rounded off to the nearest

hundred.

 Hump increment in clerical cadre be removed without loss.

 Stage to Stage Fitment be maintained.

 The relativity between the Officers and the Non-Subordinate Staff and Non-Subordinate

and Subordinate Staff shall be ensured.

 If the scales of pay agreed to be constructed on different index number, they shall be

adjusted accordingly.

BEFI'S (DRAFT) CHARTER OF DEMAND

 BEFI'S  (DRAFT) CHARTER OF DEMAND

Draft Charter of Demands for 10^th Bipartite Settlement

Scales of Pay

Basic Pay Scales should be restructured at the average price index for the quarter July-September 2012 (1960 = 100) with 30% increase for the first stage  in case of clerical staff and there after gradually increasing this to 35%, maintaining the 1^st to 20^th stage increase at about 1:2.8 times(approx.). In respect of the subordinate staff, loading of 35% at the first stage and then gradually and uniformly increasing to 40% at the last stage to maintain the ratio of 1:2 or more.

Fitment: Stage to stage basis.

Stagnation Increments

At a frequency of 2 years on reaching the maximum of the scale of pay at the rate of the last increment in the respective scale till superannuation or promotion.

Special Pay

AIBEA CHARTER OF DEMANDS!!

Common charter of demand is yet to be finalised. In the mean time AIBEA came out with their own demand list.

We have to wait and watch how many of these find place in final common charter of demands and how many will be achieved at the end of negotiations.

HIGHLIGHTS OF DEMANDS!

¨       STAGNATION INCREMENTS ONCE IN 2 YEARS TILL RETIREMENT OR PROMOTION TO HIGHER CADRE.

* ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN SPECIAL PAY OF HEAD CASHIERS COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR DUTIES AND POWERS.

¨       ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN SPECIAL PAY OF SPECIAL ASSISTANTS AND RE-DEFINING THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES/ PASSING POWERS.

 RENT TO BE REIMBURSED ON PRODUCTION OF RECEIPT UPTO 150% OF HRA RATE.

¨      HRA BASED ON CAPITAL COST OF OWN HOUSE TO BE PAID TO EMPLOYEES OWNING HOUSES.

¨      WHERE EM0PLOYEES OWN VEHICLES – 35 LTRS FOR CLERKS AND 25 LTRS FOR SUBSTAFF PER MONTH.

¨       WHERE EMPLOYEES DO NOT OWN VEHICLES – RS. 1000 P.M.

¨      PRIVILEGE LEAVE:   ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE INCREASED TO 360 DAYS. 

 HOSPITALISATION COST TO BE OUTSIDE THE WAGE COST.

¨      Education Allowance – up to 2 children.  

   NPS to be withdrawn and all new employees from 1-4-2010 covered by NPS to be covered by old scheme under Pension Regulation 1995.

 Refund of contribution to pension fund to the employees who joined between 1.11.1993 but before Pension Regulation came in force in 1995/1996

  Extending 2^nd option facility to employees who resigned between 1995 and 27.4.2010.

 Periodical Pension updation along with wage revision of service employees.

  Cost on superannuation benefits should be outside wage cost.

Ex-gratia in lieu of bonus be paid to all employees.

Five day week should be introduced.

Pension updation, uniform 100 % DA for all pensioners, improvement in family pension etc.

Charter of demands

1.          BASIC PAY

¨       REVISION OF BASIC PAY W.E.F. 1-11-2012 BY MERGER OF D.A. UPTO THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE INDEX OF JULY-SEPT. 2012 ¨       CONSTRUCTION OF REVISED PAY SCALES BY LOADING THEREAFTER AT 30 % FOR CLERKS AND  40 % FOR SUBSTAFF ¨       STAGNATION INCREMENTS ONCE IN 2 YEARS TILL RETIREMENT OR PROMOTION TO HIGHER CADRE. ¨       STAGNATION INCREMENT TO BE GIVEN IN ALL CASES OF REVERSION  FROM OFFICER TO CLERICAL CADRE AND CLERICAL TO SUBSTAFF CADRE ¨       FITMENT ON STAGE TO STAGE ¨       UNIFORM FITMENT FORMULA ON PROMOTION FROM SUBSTAFF TO CLERK AND CLERK TO OFFICER CADRE

10th B.P.S demand by NUBE!

NUBE has finalised charter of demand for 10th B,P,S.

Note: NUBE is headed by Com.L. Balasubramaniam of I.O.B. He was Ex. President of  NCBE.
         NUBE has requested UFBU to include them in UFBU. The request is under consideration stage only..

To read the demands click the following Link.

NUBU DEMANDS FOR 10th B.P.S.