JOINT  MEETINGS  WITH  MANAGEMENT

BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP

Background:

There is a fairly well established bilateral relationship between CBOO and the Bank’s Management.  Through formal and informal meetings, discussions and correspondence, the relationship is built and made result oriented.

Formal Joint Meetings:

At the Head Office level periodic joint meetings are held.  Generally such meetings take place once a quarter.  The Management team and CBOOs' negotiating team comprising senior Central Office bearers sit across the negotiating table.  The larger issues raised by CBOO are discussed and agreements are reached.  Formal minutes of these meetings are drawn up immediately with signatures of both the representatives.  Where agreements are reached, the Personnel Administration Division at Head Office would issue circulars containing administrative instructions /guidelines.  Where agreements are difficult to reach attempts are pursued to find a mutually acceptable alternative through bargaining at successive meetings.

Occasionally the management also places its demands before CBOO for discussion in the joint meeting.

Periodicity :

As per the understanding 4 joint meetings are to be held in a year.

Monthly Meetings :

Every month a small team of PAD executives and senior office bearers of CBOO meet to discuss the management response on the various letters written by CBOO to the management.

Informal meetings :

Office bearers stationed at Mangalore regularly meet the executives and head of PAD to brief them on important developments, to discuss individual cases and to give feed back.  Management representatives also invite the office bearers for such meetings.

President and General Secretary regularly meet the Chairman &  Managing Director and Executive  Director of the Bank to brief them on important issues.

Zonal level :

At the Zonal level, quarterly consultative meetings are organized. The Zonal head assisted by a team of officials invites the principal office bearers of the Regional Unit for consultation on issues affecting the Bank in the zone.

Number of Meetings held till March 2006 &  Landmarks

Till March,2006, 76 joint meetings have been held.

The first meeting was held on 16th and 17th June1973. There was a break during 1975 and 1981; talks were resumed in February 1981.

In the 14th Joint Meeting held in April 1984, CBOO was given a formal recognition as the sole bargaining agent for the officers.

In the 50th Joint Meeting held in March 1996 issues exclusively related to the Bank’s business and working were discussed. On behalf of the Management all the General Managers, ED and C M D were present.

[The achievements / gains made through joint meetings are given in the section “What has CBOO done?”]