The Finance Sector Union (FSU) believes the announcement of new NAB CEO Andrew Irvine presents an opportunity for the bank to rebuild trust with its staff, the Union and the wider community.
“Communities around Australia have felt the negative effects of the NAB’s incessant branch closure campaign driven by the bank’s short-term, profit driven decision making,” said FSU National Secretary Julia Angrisano.
“Under Ross McEwan’s leadership the NAB has maintained a policy of being short staffed across the bank’s range of operations and consistently overworked employees. Mr McEwan has ignored calls for a relaxation of the top-down pressure for staff to complete unreasonable amounts of work on a daily basis.”
“These pressures from senior management have impacted on the health and family life of our members. The FSU will continue to advocate on this issue to seek a better work/life balance for our members.”
“NAB has an opportunity to be a leader in the financial services sector however leadership is about more than generating multi-billion dollar profits and massive bonuses for senior managers.”
“Andrew Irvine should start by keeping NAB branches open, fixing the unreasonable hours demanded of staff, keeping jobs onshore and having genuine engagement with the Union representing his employees.”
Ms Angrisano said the FSU looks forward to meeting with the new CEO in the coming months.
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