Everybody knows that AIBEA/UFBU is the main culprit for the poorest defined pension scheme for the bank employees. Because of cost factor the IBA , during negotiations for defined pension scheme in lieu of CPF, did not agree to bring those retirees who retired prior to a certain date.
But the AIBEA/ufbu wanted to bring people who retired from jan 1 1986. (at that time it was in the rounds that many AIBEA leaders had retired prior to the date set by IBA) . AIBEA DID not use its mighty Collective Bargaining Power to achieve their agenda. Instead, they surreptitiously, hand in glow with IBA, agreed for removal of the Pension Updation Clause and also for crippling the Family Pension . The communist AIBEA did not discuss this life affecting major item in any forum of the employees. As the Updation less and truncated Family Pension is the birth child of the AIBEA-IBA , these AIBEA rascals had/has no face to ask IBA for Updation and Revision of FP. They are treacherous scoundrels. Now they do not like the Govt . to move on its own to bring about FP revision and Updation. Because AIBEA wants all the glory to themselves. If FM does the required things through IBA , AIBEA can not garner any name.
But I feel we can not blame IBA in this. During 1993-95 they saw to it they limited the cost load as per the overall guidance of the Govt. Now the Govt. instructs IBA to look into the matter positively. They are carrying out obediently. that is all.
In Best Interest of the Bank Employees, people should resign en masse from AIBEA and join some other union or form a new union.