Bank workers to resume picket tomorrow

comments     Yusof Ghani     Published     Updated

Angry bank employees will resume picketing tomorrow after a three-day hiatus given that the Malaysian Commercial Banks Association (MCBA) a group representing nine banks in the country has failed to heed Human Resources Minister Dr Fong Chan Onn's advice.

National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) honourary general-secretary J Solomon said today he was disappointed with MCBA's reply this evening because it did not indicate that the banks were serious about resolving their dispute.

"We received a two-line letter from MCBA which tells us that they are in communication with the honourable minister with regard to the matter and nothing else," he said when contacted.

The letter was signed by the banking association's executive director S Sivagnanam.

Over the weekend, Fong had called on the association to resume the 'check off' which is an automatic deduction from monthly salary to remit union subscription fees to NUBE, as demanded by the union.

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