Time and again we have been inviting your attention about the stress and strain being undergone by the Senior Customer Service Associates (Cash) and those CSAs who are required to hold charge of Cash Management in branches. To recapitulate, we list under the issues that are causing great anxiety and anguish to the concerned staff and also to us as a responsible trade union representative of them.

List of Awards and Settlements signed by AIBEA

Reg: Training Programme to bank employees – Karmachari to Karmayogi – unwarranted attempt to mix up religion.
We are informed by members that under instructions from the Government, a training programme is being foisted on all the employees of the Banks on a compulsory basis. Government of India have come out with a new initiative - Rashtriya Karmayogi - a training programme for serving the karmayogi way.
As part of Karmayogi initiative, Capacity Building Commission (CBC) are directing all government offices, PSUs, PSBs and insurance companies to conduct training programme for all personnel, especially in workmen cadre (karmacharis), a behavioural training programme.

Reg: Training Programme to bank employees – Karmachari to Karmayogi – unwarranted attempt to mix up religion.
We are informed by members that under instructions from the Government, a training programme is being foisted on all the employees of the Banks on a compulsory basis. Government of India have come out with a new initiative - Rashtriya Karmayogi - a training programme for serving the karmayogi way.

AIBEA Conference: As already informed, the 30th National Conference of AIBEA will be held at Bangalore in Karnataka from 19th to 22nd April, 2026 (4 days – from Sunday to Wednesday).
Inaugural Session will be on 19th April (Sunday). 80th Anniversary celebrations will be on 20th April, (Monday). Delegate Session will be on 21st and 22nd April.
The celebration on 20th April would consist of honouring the former leaders, commemorative cultural programmes from various States, special lecture, photo exhibition, release of publications, etc. etc. as would be finalised in consultation with the host Unit. State Federations can plan their participation accordingly.

Exemption from levy of GST on the premium paid by the senior citizens/ retired bank employees and officers who are covered by the Medical Insurance Scheme – representation – regarding
You are aware that from 2015, Banks have introduced Group Medical Insurance Scheme for the in-service employees and officers. The premium for this Group Insurance Policy is borne by the Bank including the GST on the same.

Those were the days, when the entire banks and banking industry were in the hands of rich individuals and private companies, including SBI. No bank was government owned. AIBEA and its leaders had a great vision and far-sighted approach. Right from its inception in 1946, AIBEA has been voicing its concern about the role of Banks.

As informed to you earlier the Apex level GR meeting was held with the Head Office management on 3rd July, 2025. The Management team was led by Shri. Rajesh Nagar, Chief General Manager along with Sri Ghanshyam Parmar, General Manager, Sri Jaiswal, DGM Sri SK Jha, DGM, Sri Narendra Karn & Sri Abhijit Mitra, CMs and Sri Surinder, Officer (NEGO cell). Our team was represented by Com K.Vijhayan, Chairman, Com C M Patel Vice Chairman, Com R A Sharma President, Com. Partha Chanda, General Secretary and Com. Alkesh Rajveer Deputy General Secretary.

Reg: Bipartite Talks with IBA on Group Medical Insurance Policy for employees, officers and retirees
Further to last round of meeting with IBA held on 21-5-2025 on renewal of the policy for the year 2025-26 and for discussing improvements in the scheme, one more round of meeting took place today between IBA and UFBU in IBA’s office in Mumbai. IBA was represented by their team led by Shri Rajneesh Karnatak, Chairman of the negotiating Committee (MD&CEO, Bank of India). From UFBU all our Unions participated in the meeting.

UFBU CIRCULAR : Our unions and members are aware that in the recent agitation and Strike Notice, we had highlighted the issue of increasing attacks and assaults on employees and officers in bank branches. During the conciliation meeting before the Chief Labour Commissioner, we pointed out that unruly customers and banking public are indulging in physical assaults on employees and officers in Branches and such customers also use abusing language on the staff members.

We reproduce hereunder the contents of CIRCULAR NO.AIBEA/195/2025/42 Dated 24/05/2025 Issued by Com. C.H.VENKATACHALAM ,General Secretary, AIBEA, on the above subject for information of our members.

Please recall the discussions the undersigned had with you recently on the above matter.
You are well aware that in our Bank, recruitment of Substaff and Armed Guards was stopped since 2011. Since then, a huge number of new branches were opened and large number of Substaff Employees were superannuated. This has ultimately compelled the branches to engage casual workers in the vacant posts of Substaff, to undertake the housekeeping and substaff activities of the branch. Thus, in our observation and calculation more than 2000 branches/offices are having substaff vacancies as they are being manned by casual workers, in order to run the day-today subordinate activities. Similarly, a large number of high risk and medium risk branches are prone to risk without security guards in the absence of recruitment of Armed Guards.

Our units and members are aware that our call for joining the General Strike on 20th May, 2025 has been postponed to 9th July, 2025. Due to war tensions, particularly in the border areas, our units had requested and suggested for deferring the strike on 20th May, 2025. We had deferred the demonstration programmes and advised our units in the border and disturbed areas to ensure uninterrupted service to the people. We had also advised our units in those areas to be in readiness to organise blood donation camps to meet any eventuality. However, on 10th May evening ceasefire was announced and the tension was diffused.

After serving our Strike Notice, there has been tension and disturbances in the borders warranting review of our strike call. In the meantime, 10th evening Ceasefire has also been announced. However, since the situation is not fully normal, and taking into account the prevailing situation, the Central Trade Unions held a meeting today to review the strike call. Accordingly, the meeting has decided to postpone the nationwide General Strike against the antilabour, anti-people policies of the Government to 9 th July.

We have already informed that as decided in our Central Committee meeting, AIBEA will be participating in the ensuing nationwide General Strike on 20th May, 2025.
After that we contacted the various Unions in the Banks and insurance sector for a possible joint observation of the strike in the financial sector. Besides AIBOA and BEFI, All India Insurance Employees Association (AIIEA), All India LIC Employees Federation (AILICEF) and All India National Life Insurance Employees Federation (AINLIEF) informed that they are also joining the strike. Other Unions expressed their fraternal support to the strike.

The eagerly awaited 3rd National Youth & Women Convention was successfully held at the historic city of Jalandhar in Punjab. It was in our Bengaluru working committee meeting held in July, 2024, we took a decision to organise our 3rd National Young Men & Women Convention in 2025.
True to their commitment and ever readiness, our Punjab unit plunged into action and put all arrangements in place.

As long as the general population remains passive, apathetic, and distracted by consumerism or remains silent against exploitation of the vulnerable, the powerful can act as they please, leaving those who survive to contemplate the outcome.
May Day 2025 is a reminder to all of us not to remain passive or silent when we observe that there is intensified and aggravated exploitation of the working class. It is clear that the Government is following policies that benefit the rich and hurt the poor masses.

UFBU CIRCULAR NO. 7 Dt. 29-4-2025: “Our members are aware that consequent to our call for Strike, the Chief Labour Commissioner of the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, held two rounds of conciliation meetings on 18-3-2025 and 21-3-2025 wherein it was decided, in view of the discussions with the IBA and the officials of the Dept. of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance and the assurances of the CLC, to postpone our two days’ strike action. Subsequently, IBA had called us for a round of bipartite discussions on 23-4-2025, the outcome of which has been informed to members in our previous circular.