The executive committee meeting of the Federation of Bank of India Staff Unions held here on Friday and Saturday placed before the bank’s management a 20-point charter of demands highlighting various issues of the employees.
The demands included absorption of casual labourers in permanent vacancies; improvement in the service conditions; stopping unilateral limitless outsourcing beyond the agreed norms; recruitment of adequate staff clerks, sub-staff and armed guards; health checkup of all employees; checking the growing Non-Performing Assets (NPA); assuming career progression to the employees; and stopping violation of settlements and understandings.
The meeting was being held under the presidentship of federation working president Nandu Chavan, who is a joint secretary of the All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA). Federation general secretary Suresh Jha highlighted the need to fight back the anti-employee attitude and nationalisation policy of the Government.