State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, on Wednesday terminated the so-called check-off facility to its officers’ federation in its biggest clampdown on trade union activities in decades. Under the check-off facility, SBI used to remit the subscription fee from the salary accounts of member officers to the account of the association on the day of salary payment, typically the 25th of every month. This is the latest of a series of steps the SBI management has taken to control the officers’ union. Since August last year, SBI has taken action against officers engaged in trade union activities, including transfers to far-off locations and issuance of chargesheets.......
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