The Syndicate Bank Staff Association (SBSA) has decided to gear up the agitation against the recommendations of the Khandelwal Committee. The Khandelwal Committee had recommended abolition of the 40- year-old method of bi-partite negotiations and collective agreement at the industry level for improving the wages and service conditions of the bank employees. Mr K.S. Bhat, All-India Secretary, SBSA, said that the recommendations of the committee for bank-wise wage revision in place of the industry-level agreement, would cause problems in the banking sector, besides unrest among the bank employees, he said in a statement. Opposing the committee's recommendations, the Association has also decided to support all agitation programme of UFBU.

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