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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 Management as also Senior Grades performing functions
such as Assistant Managers, Deputy Managers, Managers, Chief Managers,
Assistant General Managers and even Deputy General Managers of over
27,000 branches/offices of the State Bank of India, throughout the
country. The Federation was founded in the year 1965. It has 17
affiliates consisting of 17 Circle Associations. Its Central Office
is presently located in Bengaluru. It has a unit office at the Local
Head Office of SBI Corporate Office, Mumbai.
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Federation is an apolitical and independent trade union. It is led
by serving bank officers only.
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is affiliated with All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC),
which is also an apolitical and independent Trade Union. The Federation,
a major stakeholder, 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 with the
Management. Com. Arun Kumar Bishoyi
is the President and Com. Rupam Roy
is the General Secretary of the Federation.
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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 society and priority sectors of the economy. The All
India State Bank Officers’ Federation has the unique distinction
of having gone on 17 days Indefinite Strike from 11th June 1969
to 27th June 1969, the first managerial cadre strike in the world.
It was a path-breaking strike that 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
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India. The strike was total throughout the country. It created very
strong pressure on the Government of India. Finally, they had to
discuss with both the 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 the labour will never fail.
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Federation has also brought out a documentary on the “Indefinite
Strike” titled “Union is Strength”. The Central
Office of the Federation is provided with all infrastructures that
are necessary for maintaining an efficient communication system
between the affiliates, membership and the management in a most
systematic manner. Apart from issuing circulars and other communications
to grass-root level membership through e-mail and providing them
with day-to-day information through the website (http://www.aisbof.org)
on the activities of the organisation. 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 responsibility of publication of which
has since been entrusted to AIBOC. “Common Bond” commenced
in 1981. Thus both these journals have completed over three (3)
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
has launched a quarterly journal “Domestic
Enquiry”, during the year 1997.
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bi-monthly publication has become quite popular not only in the
financial sector but also among the entire Trade Union fraternity.
With a view to providing further fillip to the movement,
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the Federation
has set up an Academy in the name of ‘
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.
The Federation has also taken up the task of several other publications.
The important ones are “ Handbook on
Disciplinary & Vigilance Proceedings” for officers
in Public/Private/Rural and Co-operative Sector Banks
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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
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a “CD on Model Enquiry” brought
out during the year 2004, which has become quite popular.
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