Bank employee unions to protest against merger, go on strike on October 22

All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) said they proposed to go on strike from 6 a.m. on October 22 to 6 a.m. on October 23

Two major unions in the banking sector on Thursday announced that they would go on a one-day strike on October 22 protesting against the merger of government-owned banks.

All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) said they proposed to go on strike from 6 a.m. on October 22 to 6 a.m. on October 23. The demands listed out by the two unions are: stop merger of banks, stop banking sector reforms, recover bad loans and take stringent action on defaulters, not penalising the customers with penal charges, stop attack on job security and recruit adequate people.

C H Venkatachalam, general secretary, AIBEA said that around 3.5 lakh employees are expected to join the strike on that day. There are around 8.5 lakh bank employees across public, private, foreign and co-operative banks in the country. The co-operative bank employees are not part of the announced strike.

The unions will also engage in various agitation programmes including display of posters before all bank branches, black badge wearing, demonstration in all centres, Dharna in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mangalore apart from the strike on October 22…

Nationwide bank strike today on BoB-Dena-Vijaya merger; services to be hit

Private sector banks will continue to function as usual

Latest News: Services of state-owned banks are expected to be impacted Wednesday due to a nation-wide strike call given by unions to protest against the proposed amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda.

This will be the second bank strike in less than a week.Last Friday (December 21), an officers’ union of state-run banks observed a day-long strike to protest against the merger and also demanded immediate settlement of wage negotiationsMost of the banks have already informed customers about the strike.|Click Here: Business Standard  

Private sector banks will continue to function as usual. The strike is being organised by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella organisation of nine unions, including the All India (BS)Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), the All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA), National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE) and the National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW). The UFBU claims membership of 10 lakh officers and staffers.

According to AIBEA General Secretary C H Vekatachalam, the conciliation meeting called by Additional Chief Labour Commissioner did not lead to any assurance and so the unions are going ahead with the strike. During the meeting, neither the government nor the concerned banks came forward to assure that they will not go ahead with the merger, he added…

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