Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 30: All public sector bank employees including officers held protest demonstration at Shalamar Chowk here today.
The employees under the banner of Jammu Province Bank Employees Federation, affiliated to AIBEA assembled at Shalamar Chowk under the leadership of Arun Kumar Gupta, general secretary of the federation and started protest demonstration, seeking hike in wages. Mr Gupta pointed out that on the call of Dy Chief Labour Commissioner ( Central) Mumbai, one more round of conciliation was held at Mumbai on December 17, wherein, the IBA expressed its inability to move upwards in its offer of increase in wages.
Further IBA informed that it has asked all the banks to revisit the mandate given to IBA earlier to negotiate with unions on wage revision. The UFBU firmly protested the action of IBA in calling for re-visiting the mandate and termed it as nothing but a deliberate instigation and provocation, which would further complicate the process of wage negotiation. Mr Gupta expressed his dissatisfaction on the casual attitude of IBA even to the deep resentment of the employees and officers over the undue delay in settling the demand for wage revision. He also expressed his displeasure over the Government response.
Trade unionists Ashwani Pardhan, R K Bamba, Vijay Zutshi, Manjit Singh and Hardev Singh also addressed the gathering.
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