PRESS STATEMENT THE NATIONAL UNION OF BANK EMPLOYEES (NUBE) WILL BE CARRYING OUT A NATIONAL PICKET THROUGHOUT PENINSULAR MALAYSIA TO OBJECT AGAINST THE INJUSTICE, DISCRIMINATION AND APPALING DISREGARD FOR HARMONIOUS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BY HSBC BANK MALAYSIA, INVOLVING 300 TRADE DISPUTES
The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) will be carrying out a nationwide picket throughout Peninsular Malaysia as a sign of protest against the injustice, and unprincipled and discriminatory practices by HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad, which involving 300 trade disputes.
NUBE has been made to take up this industrial relations trade dispute after the former and current HSBC Bank Malaysia CEO failed to conduct/effect the Standing Committee Meeting to resolve the Dispute Settlement process, as stipulated under the Collective Agreement. Not only have the HSBC Bank Malaysia Management refused to resolve the issues raised by NUBE during the past three (3) years, they have continued to violate the rights and interests of the NUBE members, who comprise the B40 and M40 categories.
NUBE is left with no other options besides carrying out this picket, since HSBC Bank Malaysia has repeatedly refused to negotiate with NUBE, at every stage, to promote a harmonious industrial relations, as provided under the provisions in the two Collective Agreements and the Industrial Relations Act 1967. HSBC Bank Malaysia has also deliberately been avoiding consultations with NUBE to find a solution towards all the complaints that have been raised against HSBC Bank Malaysia.
J. SOLOMON