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The
All India State Bank Officers' Federation represents over
1,06,000 Officers of the State Bank of India membership of the Federation
extends to Officers belonging to Junior, Middle level as also Senior
Grades performing functions such as Assistant Managers, Deputy Managers,
Managers, Chief Managers, Assistant General Managers and Deputy General
Managers of over 27,000 Branches/Offices of the State Bank throughout
the Country. The Federation was founded in the year 1965. It had 17
affiliates. Its Central Office is situated in Bangalore. It has branch
offices in Mumbai. The Federation is an Apolitical and Independent Trade
Union. It is led by serving Bank Officers only. It is affiliated with
All India Bank Officers' Confederation, which is also an Apolitical
& Independent Trade Union. The Federation is recognised by the SBI
Management. The Federation is a partner in bipartite and tripartite
forums established in the Bank for negotiations, consultations, customer
service, community service banking, welfare schemes etc. It firmly believes
in finding solutions to all problems through bilateral negotiations.
Com. Rupam Roy is the President
and Com. Deepak Kumar Sharma is
the General Secretary of the Federation.
The Federation is committed to the objectives for which the banks were
Nationalised. It actively participates in and supports all schemes and
measures initiated by the Government for ameliorating the poorer sections
of the society’s priority sectors of the economy. The All India
State Bank Officers' Federation has a unique distinction of having gone
on 17 days Indefinite Strike from 10th June 1969 to 26th June 1969,
the first Managerial Cadre strike in the world. It was a path-breaking
strike which paved the way for the improvement of the Service Conditions
of Officers and the growth of the Officers' Trade Union Movement in
India. For the second time, the All India State Bank Officers' Federation
and the All India State Bank of India Staff Federation jointly went
on a Historic Indefinite Strike from 3rd to 9th April 2006, demanding
the upgradation of the pension scheme in State Bank of India. The Strike
was total throughout the country. It created very strong pressure on
the Government of India. Finally, they had to sit with both Federations
to sort out the issue to our satisfaction. The Indefinite Strike enthused
millions of workers in organized and unorganized sectors. It proved
once again that the united action of Labour will never fail. The Federation
has also brought out a documentary on Indefinite Strikes titled "Union
is Strength“
The Central Office of the Federation is provided with all infrastructure
which is necessary for maintaining an efficient communication system
between the Affiliates, Membership and Management in a most systematic
manner. Apart from issuing circulars and other communications to grass-root
level members through Email and providing them with day-to-day information
through the Website on the activities of the organisation to keep them
about of the latest development. The Federation has been publishing
a monthly magazine known as "Officers' Cause".
The journal is being released on the 15th of every month regularly.
The journal started its publication in the year 1981 and is a source
of information to the grass-root level members throughout the country.
Copies of the journal reach all the 27,000 and odd branches of SBI keeping
the members informed of the activities of the Federation. Apart from
"Officers' Cause", the Federation has also been instrumental
in bringing out "Common Bond"
another monthly journal, the ownership of which has since been transferred
to AIBOC. "Common Bond", commenced in 1981. Thus both these
journals have completed 5 decades of service to the officers' fraternity.
In order to equip our Office-Bearers and activists with skills in defending
their colleagues facing disciplinary proceedings, the Federation launched
a quarterly journal "Domestic Enquiry",
in the year 1997. The publication has been well received. Likewise,
during the year 2004, the Federation commenced yet another publication
titled "Labour Research". This
bi-monthly publication has become quite papular not only in the Financial
Sector but also among the entire Trade Union fraternity. With a view
to providing further fillip to the movement, the Federation set up an
Academy in the name of 'The National Academy of
Trade Union Research and Education (N.A.T.U.R.E.). In the year
1991. Periodical Training Programmes are conducted by the Academy to
groom activists of our affiliates as potential leaders. Trade Unions
in the organized sector cannot ignore the teeming millions of people
who are living below the poverty line, the unorganized labour force,
the downtrodden, child labour, bonded labour and millions of illiterate
agricultural and other workers. We have to respond to rganizations that
are well off should spare a portion of their resources towards social
service. The Federation has also taken up the task of several other
publications. The important ones are "An
Aide to Defence Representatives" and" Comprehensive
compendium on Superannuation Benefits in SBI, Medical Benefit Scheme
to Retired Employees, Information Technology Act, a comprehensive compendium
of current wage settlements in Banks/RBI, Insurance etc., etc. The magnum-opus
was a "CD on Model Enquiry" brought
out during the year, 2004, which has become quite popular. The Federation
aims to achieve through constructive cooperation with the Management
and the Government, maximum efficiency in banking operations, balanced
spread of banking to different regions, high-quality customer service,
development of human resources, modernisation of systems and procedures,
prevention of wasteful expenditure and frauds and to generate stable
and harmonious industrial relations.
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