Opposition for Khandelwal panel recommendations

The Syndicate Bank Staff Association (SBSA) has decided to gear up the agitation against the recommendations of the Khandelwal Committee. The Khandelwal Committee had recommended abolition of the 40- year-old method of bi-partite negotiations and collective agreement at the industry level for improving the wages and service conditions of the bank employees. 

Mr K.S. Bhat, All-India Secretary, SBSA, said that the recommendations of the committee for bank-wise wage revision in place of the industry-level agreement, would cause problems in the banking sector, besides unrest among the bank employees, he said in a statement. Opposing the committee's recommendations, the Association has also decided to support all agitation programme of UFBU.

sajeevkumar@thehindu.co.in