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THE NATIONAL UNION OF BANK EMPLOYEES (NUBE) has been actively involved in defending the rights of its members.
WHEN YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE, YOU NEED YOUR UNION.
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Malaysia Chronicle
Saturday, 27 July 2013 21:43
Union to picket, slams Bank Muamalat for “apartheid policies” against Indian clerk
Written by J Solomon
Apartheid policies practiced by the management of Bank Muamalat came to light when an Indian woman who was employed as a clerk was fired on June 7, 2013.
Katheriene Vimala who has served 22 years in Bank Muamalat was sacked for not being able to attend the Shariah Refresher training programs & Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML / CFT) training, which was held on her rest day.
Although there are many clerical workers in other banks that have Islamic banking network but Bank Muamalat (BMMB), a government-linked company, choose to implement more extreme policies in our multi-racial country.
Katheriene Vimala is the only Indian clerk among the Bank Muamalat branches in the northern region in peninsula. There were many others who not did not attend the training program on the same day, 16 March 2013 and gave the same reasons but Katheriene Vimala was the only one chosen for dismissal.
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However….Katheriene was ruthlessly dismissed, without just cause and in the process violating the dispute settlement consultation procedures set out in the Collective Agreement signed with the NUBE and Natural Justice.
Racially motivated?
NUBE has prima facie evidence in respect of racially motivated dismissal. Does BMMB have any evidence to rebut these accusations? Bank Muamalat has merely been in denial.
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Prior to this dismissal, Katheriene has been targeted and threatened by Bank Muamalat since 2012. She was once instructed by the Bank Manager to take off her t-shirt in the bank. She was also threatened for protecting the rights of the workers.
The irony is that, BMMB is making every effort to understand and comply with the relevant laws of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 (Act 613), but when it comes to a simple procedure provided for in the Collective Agreement, they turned a blind eye.
NUBE reiterated its stand that Katheriene must be immediately reinstated to her earlier position in Bank Muamalat.
Following this, NUBE will organize “Picket 825 (Eight To Five)” every day at Bank Muamalat (BMMB) until Katheriene Vimala is reinstated to her earlier position.
J Solomon
Hon General Secretary
N U B E
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NUBE Picket Cap Square 8 July 2013
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Malaysia Chronicle
Monday, 08 April 2013 08:33
Banks and union lock horns
PETALING JAYA- The feud between banks and the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) is escalating following a national picket held by NUBE on Saturday.
About 3,000 bank employees picketed outside Maybank and CIMB headquarters on Jalan Tun Perak, Kuala Lumpur, demanding their rights be respected by the banks.
Representing the 30,000-strong union, the workers called for fair wages, respect for the union and its activities, and an end to in-house unions and alleged exploitation of its clerical and non-clerical workers.
However, the Malaysian Commercial Banks Association (MCBA) labelled the picket “misguided and illegal”, saying that it was observed that participants of other pickets leading up to Saturday’s event were not employees of the banks concerned.
“This is a gross violation of the Industrial Relations Act 1967. While the association and its member banks respect the right of unions to conduct industrial action in accordance to the law, we would like to advise potential participants of illegal pickets to pay heed to the law and not be misled and misguided,” MCBA said in a statement.
MCBA further said it is “perturbed by the various allegations, which are riddled with distortions, made against our member banks as reported in the media, despite clarification already provided by member banks at meetings either with the staff concerned, or with the union, or both”.
“Indeed, the association takes pride in maintaining that banking employees, particularly the non-clerical and clerical staff who come under the scope of representation of NUBE, have always enjoyed favourable position in the market in terms of overall remuneration and benefits package,” the statement read.
NUBE secretary-general J. Solomon refuted MCBA’s allegations, claiming it was MCBA who had violated Section 4 of the Industrial Relations Act by demanding that the picket be called off.
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Free Malaysia Today
Bank employees to go ahead with national picket
Alyaa Azhar | April 6, 2013
MCBA has no legal standing to demand the picket be called off, says NUBE.
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) will go ahead with its picket today despite a plea from the Malaysian Commercial Banks Association (MCBA) to call it off.
More than 20,000 NUBE members from all over the country are expected to join the picket scheduled to start at 2pm.
The picket will be held along the Maybank and CIMB outlets on Jalan Tun Perak here.
“MCBA has no legal standing to demand that the union call off the picket. In fact, this call is illegal; it runs foul of Section 4 of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 that safeguards employees from intimidation by employers from participation in trade union activities.
“The law states that employers shall not interfere with the work of the union in activities related to the welfare of union members,” NUBE general-secretary J Solomon (photo) said in a statement.
He said that it is the MCBA which is conducting itself illegally.
“This includes the continued incursions into the well-being of our members by their respective employers,” he said.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/04/06/bank-employees-to-go-ahead-with-national-picket/
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