THE National Union of Bank Employees has urged the top management of banks to show greater appreciation to their staff on the back of the unions call for the Festival Aid which it said the banks failed to provide.
The union representing bank employees, said “Bank workers are the main arteries that drive the business, profits, and wealth of banks, ensuring that operations run smoothly. “However, the upper management often creates the impression that bank employees’ contributions are insignificant, instead highlighting their own roles as more critical,” it said.
NUBE said respect for bank CEOs was compromised when they failed to respond to sincere appeals from their employees to continue the 2023 Festival Aid. It said ABM represented only a handful of CEOs and senior bank management while all the dealings are handled by the Malaysian Commercial Banks Association (MCBA).
The union cited examples include the Hari Raya Aid incident and the issue of insufficient Prayer Room space at bank branches where it said several employees expressed their concern after some banks, despite their huge profits, did not
provide a proper Prayer Room for them to pray.
It has called for banks to recognise the real contributions of bank workers and reject the old narrative.
