Bank strike continued for day-two on Tuesday, led by 9 unions of public sector banks (PSBs) within the nation, opposing authorities’s coverage to privatise the lenders.
Customers shall be inconvenienced to get providers comparable to money withdrawals, deposits, cheque clearances, remittance providers. Government transactions associated to treasury in addition to enterprise transactions can even be impacted.
United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella physique of 9 unions, had given a strike name for March 15 and 16.
Members of UFBU embrace All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE), All India Bank Officers’ Association (AIBOA) and Bank Employees Confederation of India (BEFI).
Others are the Indian National Bank Employees Federation (INBEF), Indian National Bank Officers Congress (INBOC), National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW) and National Organisation of Bank Officers (NOBO).
Unions on Monday stated practically 10 lakh staffers throughout the nation have participated within the strike, terming it a “success”.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget speech for 2021-22 stated the federal government will privatise two extra public sector banks going ahead.
The authorities has already privatised IDBI Bank by promoting its majority stake within the lender to LIC in 2019, and has merged 14 public sector banks within the final 4 years.
As per the decision, on Monday, staff and officers joined the strike and the strike was a “total success”. Normal banking providers have been affected due to the strike, C H Venkatachalam, General Secretary, AIBEA stated.
“Today (Tuesday) too, as per reports received by us from our unions in various states, the strike has been successful. Overwhelming majority of the bank branches remain closed and shutters are down,” he added.
He stated the younger staff have been within the forefront within the protest demonstrations which signifies that they’ve understood the risks of privatisation.
They have joined the banks after a really robust competitors. They deserve job safety which shall be affected if banks are privatised. He stated banks are in revenue and there’s no have to privatise them.
All the general public sector banks are working nicely and are incomes working income, he famous.
