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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Union to picket, slams Bank Muamalat for "apartheid policies" against Indian clerk

Union to picket, slams Bank Muamalat for "apartheid policies" against Indian clerk
Apartheid policies practiced by the management of Bank Muamalat came to light when an Indian woman who was employed as a clerk was fired on June 7, 2013.
Katheriene Vimala who has served 22 years in Bank Muamalat was sacked for not being able to attend the Shariah Refresher training programs & Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML / CFT) training, which was held on her rest day.
Although there are many clerical workers in other banks that have Islamic banking network but Bank Muamalat (BMMB), a government-linked company, choose to implement more extreme policies in our multi-racial country.
Katheriene Vimala is the only Indian clerk among the Bank Muamalat branches in the northern region in peninsula. There were many others who not did not attend the training program on the same day, 16 March 2013 and gave the same reasons but Katheriene Vimala was the only one chosen for dismissal.
Surprisingly, her name has been listed as a participant for the same subsequent training held on 22 June 2013. This clearly proves that Katheriene Vimala’s request to be excused from the dated 13 March 2013 was accepted and she was scheduled to attend the same subsequent course on 22 June 2013.
However, on 19 March 2013, the Acting Head of Industrial Relations/Labour HRMD, Mohd Rasol Raman Mustapha issued Katheriene Vimala a show cause letter and later dismissed her on 7 June 2013. Katheriene was ruthlessly dismissed, without just cause and in the process violating the dispute settlement consultation procedures set out in the Collective Agreement signed with the NUBE and Natural Justice.
Racially motivated?
NUBE has prima facie evidence in respect of racially motivated dismissal. Does BMMB have any evidence to rebut these accusations? Bank Muamalat has merely been in denial.
Some of the higher echelon of BMMB has been involved in implementing this apartheid policy, which is leading to an unfair labor practices. Among them are the Acting Head of Industrial Relations/Labour HRMD Mohd Rasol Raman Mustapha; HRMD Head of Strategy & Training Zuraina Aaron, Kulim Branch Manager Mohd Zin David and BMMB CEO, Dato 'Haji Mohd Redza Shah Abdul Wahid.
Prior to this dismissal, Katheriene has been targeted and threatened by Bank Muamalat since 2012. She was once instructed by the Bank Manager to take off her t-shirt in the bank. She was also threatened for protecting the rights of the workers.
The irony is that, BMMB is making every effort to understand and comply with the relevant laws of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 (Act 613), but when it comes to a simple procedure provided for in the Collective Agreement, they turned a blind eye.
NUBE reiterated its stand that Katheriene must be immediately reinstated to her earlier position in Bank Muamalat.
Following this, NUBE will organize "Picket 825 (Eight To Five)" every day at Bank Muamalat (BMMB) until Katheriene Vimala is reinstated to her earlier position.
J Solomon
Hon General Secretary
N U B E

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