VenuG Presents : Kurukshetra & HR. 10th BPS(Bipartite wage Settlement), a comment of an Amazed Observer on Generation Gap in Banking, Mahabharat UFBU versus IBA

ORIGINALLY POSTED IN BANK WAGE REVISION 2012 Group. REPOSTED Here.
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Well Comrades,
Please Note : I am an ordinary. member of SBOA.
I have attended 8 triennial conferences as a
delegate from 6 states Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi,
Maharashtra, UP & West Bengal.
I took a backstep last year, by not opting to be a
delegate to enable young Comrades to attend
triennial to build a second line of Comrades.
We sent the youngest zonal council from Kolkata
where I am currently with 60% of delegation
under the AGE of 35 in tune with the
demographics of our beloved country India.
So I am on both sides.
UFBU & Youngistan!!!
I wish to share my stand,
On the recent unfortunate developments in our
long March for a fruitful & beneficial wage
settlement. I personally feel that, the fissures
among us bankers, all of whom have a common
goal, early, better wage package for our families.
I have 29years of active services as Officer
(Syndicate Bank) 2 years as clerk in 3 Banks
rural(Jaipur Nagaur Anchalik Gramin Bank) , old
private(The Bank of Rajasthan Limited) , PSU
(Bank of Baroda). 1 year as Inspector Customs
at Palam Airport)
I have been a member of AIBEA in clerical cadre
& SBOA (Syndicate Bank Officers' Association)
affiliated to AICOBO then AIBOC as Well as
strongly support AINBOF(which achieved for us
second option for pension. I personally had
sought on various occasions sought the
permission to file a suit in Rajasthan High Court
for 2nd option for pension from Comrade K S
Shetty ex General Secretary SBOA and Comrade
Shetty had in a very calm matured & logical way
explained to me "Menon, courts these days pass
outrageously frivolously bourgeoise decisions.
We Are constantly negotating on this issue with
the IBA, and are confident of a positive outcome.
If you go to court, our way for negotiating shall
be permanently blocked. Further if the courts
take long time, making the members restive &
impatient, we might face a splitsville. And
eventually if the courts upto SC refused your plea
then the door to 2nd option for pension shall be
permanently closed. This shall be disservice on
your part, to the half a million Comrades of the
Banking community. You may not be privy but I
am, to the fact that, when some faction of AIBOC
came in the way of 2nd Option of pension
Comrade K S Shetty took the frontstage along
with Comrade T K Sarkar to form AINBOC at
Kolkata, under the umberella of AIBOC (not
outside not splitsville) AND ACHIEVED 2ND
OPTION FOR PENSION.
Comrade Shetty was wise, I was mature we both
joining achieved what I could have ruined.
My advise.
Avoid splitsville
Avoid Pay Commission (study One Rank One
Pension under pay commission where defence
forces Are a minority)
At the moment UFBU is the largest umberella
employee front in the world. With pay commission
Bankers will be just 25% of total employees
hence a minority hence ignored shunned &
unheard, crushed so BEWARE)
My stand has always been the same from when I
joined SBOA. "United we stand, Didi did we fall"
If the anger & anguish & discontentment results
in settlement of issues, then there is a purpose of
that anger & anguish.
But, when I know that, in the current environment,
when RBI is likely to issue Bank licences on the
Tap, our situation has become the same as that
of those industries opened up for private sector
like Telecom and Aviation.
I'm sure the UFBU Comrades at the helm of
affairs at the BPS negotiating table are well
aware of these facts & plain truth. I as a veteran
& an experienced Banker cannot behave like an
Ostrich burying my face in sand and say "Night
has fallen" when I know the fact that it is a bright
sunny Day. I can see the writing on the wall,
can't you?
The Government is hell bent on gaining control
over RBI thankfully it has failed to had it not been
the RBI SBI would have been another Lehman
Brothers!!!
What is the best route left before us, our unions
&, associations ?
A) United Front
B) We must communicate with leaders costantly
through letters faxes, emails.
C) Refrain from abusive posts, telephone, Mobile
calls & messages.
D) enter into dialogue with UFBU constituents.
E) communicate to them our POV
F) Listen to their POV.
G) Reach a common ground through negotiation
& dialogue.
H) plan a common protest after a consensual
discussion.
J) Achieve a settlement.
Note 😯
1 By not joining a call given By your parent
majority unions(employee or Offocers' Unions /
Associations) we are demonstrating to IBA, MoF,
Government, Industry & Corporate world the
disunity among us! Such disunity has been used
By Babar & Lord Clive to rule over Such a huge
population & we Bankers are only a million in
strength!!! 1000000, or 1030158 to be exact. As
on 31-03-2014.
2 During demonstrations, rallies, dharna &, strikes
Government posts plain clothed intelligence
bereau Officer in what security agencies call in
'Mufti'
3. Based upon the reports of these IB Officials
does the Government, IBA, MoF, Department of
Banking as well as UFBU negotiators &
constituents decide on the next course of
action / strategy.
4. The plain stark truth is that we are at the
moment heavily disunited. There is a Great deal
of disunity among/between us!!
4)There Are 3 Groups
1 consisting of newly
recruited young Bankers.
 2 Associations constituents of wage negotiating Umbrella Organisation UFBU
3 We older Bankers, who are painfully watching both
the parties fight each other like Two valiant
fighters both not giving up.
While New Bankers Are like Djokovik, vibrant, strong, full of energy,  constantly action won his feet, shuffling  constantly, shuffling, shifting weight from one feet to another.
Trade unions Are like Rafael Nadal, old, experienced , wily,  fighter, schemer, cool, silent, hurt, injured, but yet not giving up the fight. Constantly reinventing himself to outwit the young agile Djoker.
4 Allegations traded By both,  is the yellow slazenger/Puma tennis
Ball,  lobbed & volleyed at each other with stronger force each time .

5 We the other Bankers, who Are neither young, nor with in Unions or UFBU,  Are very much like Pankaj Kapoor & James Jaffrey in The Maggi Hot &, Sweet Tomato Chilli Saree TVC see HERE
OR
 Like the Blind Dhritrashtra (Om Puri)
in the classic Kundan Shah Satire "Jaane bhi do
yaaron",
shouting intrermittantly "Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai" see HERE VERY FUNNY.

 6. The IBA is like Shakuni, adding fuel to
fire with Mahabharat like pay commission idea. In
the end we Bankers will be like 5 pandavas and
their pet dog going to Kailash parvat to attain
moksha.

Conclusion,
If Draupadi had not said "Andhey ka beta andha" Mahabharat would not have
happened. Or even Kaurav & Pandava had shown
maturity Duryodhan had ignored Draupadi's snide
remark & walked away, and continued with ruling
Hasthinapur the story would end as
"And they lived  happily ever after."
synopsis.
Draupadi Youngsters
Duryodhan UFBU
Shakuni IBA + some instigating people asking
Draupadi to ask for Duryodhan blood to tie her
hair.
And me dear reader, am the non parties, neutral Observer,
 Sanjaya who, is watching carefully, attentively and reporting the Kurukshetra Warren, from Mahabharat to the Blind Kaurava King & Duryodhana's father King Dhritarashtra.
Hindustan Times
Ganesh ji writing Mahabharat from Ved Vyas's continuous utterances.
Should we blame Ganesh ji? No!
Draupadi? No!
Duryodhan? No!
We Should All
Unitedly fight Shakuni.
Om Shanti
UFBU zindabad
BPS zindabad
Employees unity zindabad
Workers unity zindabad
Trade unions long live
UFBU March on
BPS negotiators March on
Awaaaaaaz do
Hum ek Hain
Arrey zor se Awaaaaaaz do Hum ek Hain
Long live PSU Banks
Long live Bankers
Long Live India
Long live Indians
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Sanjay Ki Ma ROTI, Sanjay ki Maruti

In My childhood, I heard this from Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sanghis

" Sanjay ki Ma ROTI, sadko pe firti hai "

  Reading about Labor unrest at the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki Ltd, I remembered this slogan, and thus came the idea for this story.

         Long long ago, there was a fine young lady known by the name of Indira Gadhvi, she gave birth to a beautiful boy and named him Rajiv Gadhvi.

                As soon as he was born, since he was the 1st born he was wrapped in a beautiful woven woolen blanket, bathed using Johnson & Johnson Baby soap, Johnson Baby Oil was applied on his body, and every time after he passed stool, he was cleaned and Johnson & Johnson baby powder was sprinkled on his ass. He slept happily, he was fed on time, and hence was a content baby, so he smiled most of the time. As the mother was inexperienced, she met pediatrician almost daily, gave him his BCG , DPT, Polio vaccines promptly, gave him boiled water, mashed food and Cerelac, Now two things happened  :-

1 Rajiv became a child very sensitive to vagaries of weather ( But every time he fell ill, Mother used to promptly take him to the pediatrician, GIVEN ONLY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS)  and docile and obedient child.

2 Rajiv was a happy child, because he got everything he wanted, at the same time, very tantrum throwing, because, he knew , his mother would accede to all his requests promptly.

              A few years later, Indira was blessed with another child, she named him Sanjay Gadhvi, being the 2ND child, since the mother was now experienced, did not repeat her mistake of pampering the child, he was wrapped in Rajiv's hand me downs, and always wore Rajiv's old clothes, and played with Rajiv's old toys. At times his vaccinations got delayed, he was treated without fuss, when he fell ill, he was given OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS like crocin syrup, as soon as he had fever, and max mox when he coughed. He was given Chapatis or Bananas from a very early age, to eat & not Cerelac, and given Dairy Cow Milk, from Mother Dairy, to drink.

This made the boy

1 Tough and resilient to the vagaries of weather ( He very rarely fell ill, even if he did, he took it casually)

2 Rough and Tough, Bully type and a man with a very sharp Temper, resorting to violent behavior, against anyone who opposed him. He took the anger of being ignored by his busy mother, on whoever bothered him the slightest. He frequently bullied other boys in his surroundings.

   Some days later Rajiv Married a Well mannered Girl Sonia Maina with the blessings of his Mother, whereas Sanjay married Maneka Sing to face the ire of his mother.Sanjay after this behaved very brashly, and became highly arrogant and uncontrollable, the result of which, had to be faced by some innocent citizens of their city.

                  Now, let us substitute Indira Gadhvi with The Management of Maruti Suzuki Limited, Rajiv Gadhvi , with the pampered  spoilt to boot and treated as equals, Permanent employees of Maruti Suzuki Limited Gurgaon plant, paid nearly Ra 18000 per month, with proper work breaks, canteen facilities, where its CEO, R C Bhargava eats with them, wearing the same uniform, and Sanjay Gadhvi, with the hapless contractual labour, at Maruti Suzuki Limited, Manesar Plant, paid Ra6000 per month, given 2 7 minute breaks in an 8 hour shift, with toilets, situated 1 km from their work stations. 

             I will not give any conclusion, you as a reader react. I would love a feed back. If this post is read by some executive working at Maruti Suzuki Limited, please ask Shinzo San to read it. Maybe it would benefit one of the best 4 wheeler manufacturing firm in India..

Some Annexures

Tweets to @greatbong ( on his one sided blog-post on Killing of the Maruti HR Manager at Manesar Plant) and @amreekandesi

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A  thread on Gujrat based on Mr Modi's statement in Japan, with Maruti reference, and a comment by one of the participants, that he is privy to the knowledge , that workjing conditions at Maruti suzuki Limited, Manesar plant, are pretty bad ( I TOO HAVE 1ST HAND INFO ABOUT THIS) But to sound unbiased a third party link 

A bit.ly BUNDLE Containing 3 blogs on Wall Street Journal on the Maruti Manesar Plant unrest, of course critical of its HR Policies of Maruti Suzuki Limited.

A bit.ly BUNDLE on Leadership and Motivational Practices for better productivity

                           

I re-iterate

I AM BULLISH ON THE MARUTI SUZUKI STOCK AND ADVISE EVERYONE TO BUY IT ON EVERY FALL. It is the best 4 wheeler manufacturing firm in India, having high indigenous content, as compared to Hyundai Motor Car.


My take on labour wage policy.


A) I don't have any objection to contractual labour, labour should be demand linked, and should be allowed to be increased/decreased as per the demand/seasonal fluctuations. I am perfectly OK with benching policy, with demand fluctuation.


B) My problem/objection is on the issue of differential wage policy, having huge gap, between the permanent (Older & Less productive labour force) and Contractual ( Younger and more productive work force) . Mind you the work flow, process is the same, and more so, the newer facilities, where contractual work force is employed needs higher skill sets, and  hence an equal work for equal pay policy. ( One may check with a Supreme Court Judgement on the issue, of equal work for equal pay, between Regional Rural Bank employees Union v/s Regional Rural Banks ( a class action suit , demanding equal pay parity with the Nationalized PSU Banks, which the employee union won) 


C) The only difference in pay in my opinion should be the social security costs(pf/gratuity/pension benefits ) which are paid to, deducted from, a permanent employee only, and remitted to PF trust/ Pension/Gratuity reserve fund (annually from profits) . The social security costs of unorganized labour must be borne by Government, from the cess received from the industry, for employee welfare measures.   


D) Further, the duration for which the labour is kept contractual is very disheartening , because, having 75% of your workforce as contractual, when the demand is constant, is highly irregular and unconstitutional as per current Labour laws in India. The Labour records are a computerized data, which can give graphically the average peak labour workforce, which must be the number of permanent labour, and  fluctuating workforce, the contractual labour. It does not require knowledge of Rocket Science, to calculate average Labour employed data, the same is done on a daily basis, by all the costs and works manager of firms, in order to come at costs/profit calculations. 


            In the GARB OF LIBERALIZATION, Employers cannot resort to Draconian & Dictatorial attitude towards slaves, as shown in Terminator II and Bollywood movie Karma by Dr Dang. World over, if you check with United Airlines, Exxon, British Petroleum, Corus or Land Rover( Both of which the TATA's acquired) The severance pay of a labour is to be planned and paid by any employer at the time of retrenchment/shutdown is a part of HR Policy of any firm.


            The issue of contractual labour/outsourcing is not an issue only with Maruti Suzuki Limited, but the entire organized sector employment in India, including the Indian Railways, Army, State/Government of India and Public Sector ( some examples are part time sweepers, water boys, drivers and ATM Security) 


              There are 3 risks in having huge contractual work force


1 Increased risk of Frauds and Graft because of non fulfillment of basic social and economic needs .
2 Economic and social disparity between identical class of workers. (They have to maintain same status mind you, living next to each other)
3 Increased social unrest because of social taunts by relatives, spouses, children and society.


The above 3 factors are a well researched and experienced facts experienced by this writer. 


                 Since the liberalization in 1991 the economic disparities between rich and poor have widened, so is this policy justified, in the long run, such disparities lead to unrest's, like that in Mao infested areas and Manesar. It is the duty of all the stake holders Employers, employees, governments and Labour Cells of the STATE Government, to amicably sit across the table and settle. If unsettled for long More Manesar s are bound to happen. One can study the Datta Samant Textile labour strikes in Mumbai & Rajan Nair Auto Industry strikes in Pune / Akurdi belt in the 90's and its effect on the Crime Rate of Mumbai. It is a fact,


  The media reportage/depiction of Maruti Manesar plant issue (especially by NDTV) is a HIGHLY BIASED & ONE SIDED PORTRAYAL OF FACTS. The facts which are still disputable.


1 What was the " Cause of Death " of the HR Manager, Maruti Susuki Limited.as per post-mortem report?


2 Was the " Cause OF Death " Injury/ies or Asphyxiation ?


3 If the cause of death was Injury/ies , was it because of violence and injury/ies caused by labour, or by stamped.


               Unless the above facts are not clearly enumerated by the electronic media, an UNFAIR media trial of the labour at Manesar is HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE, because Maruti Suzuki Limited issues loads of TVC's to these television channels.