Nationalised bank staff go on strike

As part of 2-day strike, 12,000 staff abstain from work in Hyd alone

Hyderabad: Banking services were severely hit in the State capital with staff of various public sector banks, including officers, joining the two-day nation-wide strike that commenced on Monday. Banking staff took to the protest route seeking wage revision and stoppage of reforms introduced in the banking sector.

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has given the call for this strike. Around 12,000 banking employees working in hundreds of branches of 25 public sector banks held demonstrations at their respective offices in the morning and then gathered at State Bank of India, Koti, in the afternoon where Union leaders voiced their demands. They informed that the same programme would be continued on Wednesday too.

UFBU members from the State informed that they would hold a national meeting next week to chalk out their future course of programmes. It may be mentioned here that unions and management have failed to reach a consensus on wage revision. The conciliation meeting before the Chief Labour Commissioner between the unions and Indian Banks Association (IBA), a few days ago, failed to find an amicable solution. Therefore, UFBU decided to go on two-day nation-wide strike from February 10 to press for their demands.