Reserve Bank employees have decided to
observe a strike on January 7, 2015, in
solidarity with the cause of the United Forum
of Bank Unions in the commercial banking
sector.
The All-India Reserve Bank Employees
Association and the All-India Reserve Bank
Workers’ Federation have urged the RBI
Governor to intervene to bring peace in the
banking sector, stating that the RBI cannot
remain a mute spectator.
The Association and Federation advised units
to observe peaceful and organised action in all
RBI offices and liaise with units of the United
Forum in the run-up to the strike.
“We have got an important stake in bank
employees’ success and achievements. Their
settlement has provided us the basis of our
wage negotiations, which are pending,” said
Samir Ghosh and SV Mahadik, RBI employee
union leaders.
“Indian Banks’ Association has created a
desperate situation for bank employees whose
patience has run out. The Government is
silent, unconcerned about the turmoil in this
sensitive sector and the plight of millions of
customers.”
Bankers have made huge profits in 2012, 2013
and 2014 from the toil and sweat of
employees. But they refuse to give them a
modest wage increase forcing them to strike
work off and on, the leaders noted.
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