In a bid to express solidarity in the session of agitation against the Government, All India Punjab National Bank Officers Association (AIPNBOA) held its 15th Triennial Conference in the State Capital on Sunday. Meanwhile, United Bank of India Officers Associations (UBIOA) held its 16th triennial conference in the State Capital.
The Chief Guest of the conference was PNB Circle Head SK Panigrahi, Special Guest was Zonal Manger (GM), Bihar Jharkhand, DK Paliwal and Guest of Honor were Chairman AIPNBOA PK Mekap, president AIPNBOA, SK Khajanchi.
Speaking as Chief speaker AIPNBOA General Secretary Dilip Saha demanded that the Logo and Symbol of Punjab National Bank (PNB) should not changed after proposed merger of the bank with United Bank of India (UBI) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) on April 1.
“If the Government will not hear the demand of the Union then it will have to face consequences, and every member of AIPNBOA will start agitation from street to parliament,” he added.
Saha said in his keynote address that wage revision for employees of public sector banks is pending since November, 2017.
In the past wage settlement, which was for the period November 1, 2012 to October 31, 2017 employees got a hike of 15 per cent, he added.
Threatening the Government the AIPNBOA General Secretary said that the banks employees went on strike in January and February of this year and they will also proposed that the banks employee will go on strike on March 11, 12 and 13 which will give a big jolt to the Government. If the Government will not listen voice of bankers then they will go on indefinite strike since April, 1.
He alleged that the Government has money to give loan to Corporate but it has no money to give bankers. But this policy of the Government will not last long because the bankers are backbone of the Country’s economy, said Saha.
Meanwhile, United Bank of India Officers Associations (UBIOA) held 16th triennial conference of in the State Capital on Sunday. The conference inaugurated as Chief Guest, DGM and CRM United Bank of India, Sudhir Kumar Sinha, along with other special guests.
Guest of Honor of the conference were UBIOA president, Sunil Kumar Bansal and UBIOA, General Secretary, Kaushik Basu.
Sinha spoke about upcoming challenges before bank due to its merger with Pubjab National Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce. And advised to maintan our unity and work with best effort and loyalty.
Other dignitaries present on the occasion were Vice president, UBOA, Biswajit Khaund, , General Secretary AIPNBOA, PNB Dilip Saha, UBOA General Secrtetary Central Council UBI, Kaoshik Ghosh, Assistant General Secretary UBOA Central Council UBI, Ram Bali Ram, Deputy General Secretary, UBOA, Central Committee UBI, Sanjoy Das, Regional General Secretary.
UBOA Jharkhand Regional Council UBI, Amarjeet Sisodiya, president UBOA Jharkhand Regional Council UBI, Anil Kumar Verma and Ex regional Secretary UBOA, Jharkhand Regional Council UBI, Nitiren Topno.