AIBEA: ALL INDIA BANK EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION

All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA), the oldest & largest national TRADE union centre of bank employees in India, was founded in 1946 on the 20th of April in Kolkata. They were being paid paltry wages with no regulated service conditions at all. It was a rule of hire and fire. Bank employees were groaning but did not have the necessary courage to form unions. They saw the workers in the factories fighting & making some progress in terms of wages and betterment in service conditions. Bank employees also gathered some courage here and there & started to organise themselves into unions in a sporadic way. Some protest actions and strikes were undertaken but the disputes were referred to tribunals & employees did not get justice or satisfaction.
Hence unrest and dissatisfaction amongst the employees were brewing and many Unions were formed during the period. With the advent of AIBEA on the scene, this gave a fillip to the formation of unions in different banks.