A joint meeting of the Unions / Associations in LIC
was held on 14th May 2015 i.e. Thursday at Bengaluru to discuss the
issues of wage-revision, one more option for pension and other allied matters.
The unions which participated in this meeting were NOINO, Class-I Federation,
NFIFWI, AIIEA, Class-III Federation, BVKS, NOIW(BMS) & NOIW. Other unions
also joined subsequently.
The meeting unanimously decided to fight unitedly
to achieve a decent wage-revision and offer of one more option for pension. It
was decided to address a joint letter to the Chairman, LIC on the issues which
was written and signed by the participating unions then and there. The unions
also released a joint statement on 18.05.2015 requesting all Officers,
Development Officers and Employees of the Corporation to participate whole
heartedly in the agitational programmes as chalked out by the unions jointly.
As per decision, one day strike will be observed in July 2015 preceded by
conventional programmes. The actual date of the strike will be decided later
on.