State Bank officers threaten to go on strike
November 27th, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) Officers of the country’s largest lender, the State Bank of India, Friday threatened to go on strike if the government failed to raise their pension by 10 percent as was done for other banks.
“We have got a wage hike of 17.5 percent like all other banks (public and old generation private banks), but we haven’t got any hike in pension,” said S.K. Haldar, general secretary of SBI Officers’ Association (Bengal circle).
The Indian Banks’ Association — an association of 118 banks — and the United Forum of Bank Unions Friday signed a pact on wage hike and pension in Mumbai.
The wage hike will come into effect retrospectively from Nov 1, 2007.
Haldar said SBI Officers’ Association was not a part of the pact.
“If the government does not hike our pension also, we will go on an indefinite strike,” he told IANS.
The association office-bearers will meet in New Delhi Dec 1 to firm up future plans.
“Initially, we may strike for one-two days, and if nothing happens, go on indefinite strike. This will hit customers but the government is forcing us to take the extreme step,” he said.
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November 28th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Though SBI employees are free to ask for increase in their pension percentage, but quoting pension provision for PSU banks as the basis is not correct. In case of PSU banks, pension is in lieu of contributory PF, whereas in case of SBI its over and above the contibutory PF. No doubt SBI employees, who have always enjoyed better pay and perks vis a vis PSU bank employees, would want still more.
November 29th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
THEY DO NOT PERFORM ANY EXTRODINARY WORK THAN OTHER PSU BANKS NOR DO THEY HAVE ANY CROWN OVER THEIR HEADS
December 10th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
why not pay and perks in bipatriot talk with bank employee association is same for SBI and other PSU Bank. why SBI people getting moreperks than their counterpart in other PSU bank, Instead of uniform low should be applicable to all PSU including SBI. and if SBI think that they are doing govt business then sorry to say that it.s govt previlege to doing business with SBI otherwise all PSU bank are also elible and caple to do the govt business