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JOINT FORUM OF GRAMIN BANK UNIONS
Ref.No.39/ JFGBU
Date: 29.11.2007
To
All the Units of
All the constituents of Joint Forum of Gramin Bank Unions.
Dear Comrade,
Joint Forum of Gramin Bank Unions warmly congratulates all its units for massive participation in the Dharna Programme at New Delhi on 27th November 2007 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Joint Forum of Gramin Bank Unions firmly believes that with the sincere involvement of all the members of all the constituents, strike on 10th & 11th January 2008 will also be equally a grand success to show our unity and conviction.
Com. Smt. Amarjit Kaur, Secy, All India Trade Union Congress inaugurated our Dharna with her illuminative speech and in her speech she fully assured the forum to extend all the support of AITUC in all its struggles.
The Dharna Programme was attended and addressed by the following Hon’ble Speakers:
1. Com. D. Raja, Secretary, CPI and Member of Parliament;
2. Com. Basudeb Acharia, M.P. Leader of CPI(M), Lok Sabha;
3. Shri D. Debarajan, Secy, All India Forward Block;
4. Com. Santosree Chatterjee, Vice President, CITU and M.P.;
5. Com. T. K. Hamza, M.P.;
6. Com. L. Nambadan, M.P.;
7. Com. Sunil Khan, M.P.;
8. Com. Abu Ayesh Mondal, M.P.;
9. Com. P. Ravindran, M.P.;
10. Shri Mohan Singh, M.P.;
11. Shri Sudhakar Reddy, M.P.;
12. Shri Harikebal Prasad, M.P.
13. Com. Ajit Pasa, M.P.
14. Com. Ramanand, Joint Secretary, AIBEA
15. Shri K. K. Nair, GS, INBOC
16. Com. Harvinder Singh, DGS, AIBOC
17. Com. D. P. Bharadraj, BEFI
18. Com. G. P. Sharma, President, AIBEA, Delhi State
All the above speakers expressed their solidarity to the issues and programmes of Joint Forum of Gramin Bank Unions and assured in univocal tune that they would extend all possible support at all the forums including Parliament in support of the demands of the forum.
On behalf of the Forum, the Convener requested the leaders from the Left Parties present at the Dharna Programme to ensure their effective pressure on the UPA Govt. for settling the issues. It was suggested that a meeting with Chairperson, UPA be fixed on the issues of Forum with the help of Left Parties immediately.
It was also suggested by the Joint Forum before the leaders of UFBU to include the demands of RRB Staff as raised by the Joint Forum of Gramin Bank Unions.
Convener, JFGBU read out the letter expressing the solidarity by the Convener UFBU addressed to the Convener, JFGBU. The Forum expressed its thanks to UFBU.
The Joint Forum of Gramin Bank Unions unanimously decided in its meeting on 27th November 2007 at 6 p.m. that:-
- Every effort should be made by all the constituents to make the 10th – 11th January 2008 Strike a complete success.
- Campaign programme along with massive Postering and Press Conference should be done by all the constituents at the unit level to make the strike a grand success.
- In each District T.U. convention will be held jointly by constituents unit on our four demands with invitation to and in presence of Member of Parliament, MLA, Representative of Zilla Parisad and local T.U. leaders from all sectors including Banks and Insurance. (by 31st December 2007)
- At the RRB level, memorandum as submitted by JFGBU will be submitted by all the units of the constituents of the forum at the respective RRB to the Finance Minister,GOI through the Chairman of the respective RRB(by 31st December 2007)
- From 3rd to 5th January 2008, President and Gen. Secretary of all the Apex level constituents will stay at Delhi to meet all the political leaders & to ensure meeting with i) Chairperson, UPA ii) Prime Minister,GOI and iii) Finance Minister,GOI.
- To ensure awareness of the issues & programmes, all out efforts are to be taken by all the Units of all the constituents before strike programme (e.g. printing of leaflet detailing the issues, shouting “Slogan” before and after office hour or during lunch hour etc.)
- For realization of common demands, AIGBWO and AIGBOO would also be requested by the constituents of Joint Forum at the base level to join this programme in the larger interest of the RRB staff as a whole. JFGBU has already requested AIGBWO / AIGBOO to join this forum.
With greetings,
Yours comradely
General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary
GS, AIRRBEA AIRRBOF AIGBEA AIGBEC
General Secretary General Secretary President
AIGBOA AIGBOC NCRRB
Meeting of the Joint Forum of Gramin Bank Unions held at New Delhi
on 26.11.2007 at 2 p.m. and 27.11.2007 at 6 p.m.
Participants present:
- Shri D. N. Trivedi, AIGBOA
- Shri V. Belaram, AIGBEA
- Shri B. N. Dubey, NCRRBE
- Shri B. P. Singh, AIRRBOF
- Shri S. K. Bhattacharjee, AIRRBOF
- Shri Dilip Kumar Mukherjee , AIRRBEA
- Shri Ajit Ghosh, AIRRBEA
- Shri Krishna Singh, AIGBOC
- Shri B. Ramesh, AIGBEA
In the meeting on 26th November 2007 Com. D. N. Trivedi took the chair.
All the prepatory jobs for conducting the Dharna successfully were discussed and approved. The meeting was adjourned till 27th November, 2007.
On 27th November 2007 after conducting successful Dharna, JFGBU resumed its meeting at Hotel Kabeer at 5.30 p.m. Com.
D. N. Trivedi took the Chair.
The leaders of JFGBU reviewed the implementation of Dharna programme and found it grand success.
JFGBU also extended thanks to all speakers and participants. After thread bare discussion held among representatives of constituent units, it was unanimously decided that:-
- Every effort should be made by all the constituents to make the 10th – 11th January 2008 Strike a complete success.
- Campaign programme along with massive Postering and Press Conference should be done by all the constituents at the unit level to make the strike a grand success.
- In each District T.U. convention will be held jointly by constituents unit on our four demands with invitation to and in presence of Member of Parliament, MLA, Representative of Zilla Parisad and local T.U. leaders from all sectors including Banks and Insurance. (by 31st December 2007)
- At the RRB level, memorandum as submitted by JFGBU will be submitted by all the units of the constituents of the forum at the respective RRB to the Finance Minister,GOI through the Chairman of the respective RRB(by 31st December 2007)
- From 3rd to 5th January 2008, President and Gen. Secretary of all the Apex level constituents will stay at Delhi to meet all the political leaders & to ensure meeting with i) Chairperson, UPA ii) Prime Minister,GOI and iii) Finance Minister,GOI.
- To ensure awareness of the issues & programmes, all out efforts are to be taken by all the Units of all the constituents before strike programme (e.g. printing of leaflet detailing the issues, shouting “Slogan” before and after office hour or during lunch hour etc.)
- For realization of common demands, AIGBWO and AIGBOO would also be requested by the constituents of Joint Forum at the base level to join this programme in the larger interest of the RRB staff as a whole.
The meeting ended with thanks to the Chair.
D. N. Trivedi
President of the Meeting