The association noted that while whole world is carving for four-day working, the country is still looking for a way to opt for five-days banking.
Official notifications had included only employees of nationalised banks to take the local train to work from July 1, excluding their other colleagues
Western Railway and Central Railway are running selected suburban train services only for essential services as identified by the state government
With the Prime Minister announcing the national-level lockdown and public transportation being stopped in most of the cities, many employees are unable to attend office.
PM Modi said low-income groups must never feel the absence of government
The government had in September approved the merger of the three public sector lenders
The Bank employees in the country would be going for a 48 hour strike starting from May 30, seeking government's intervention related to wage settlement and others. The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), consisting of nine trade unions across the country representing 10 lakh bank employees and officers, will also hold demonstrations and submit memorandum to the Finance Minister prior to this.The strike is being called for opposing the Indian Banks'Association's (IBA) delay in resolving charger of demands, government's casual approach to wage revision for bank employees and officers, IBA's meagre offer of two per cent hike in wage bill towards wage increase, among others.It would be demanding expeditious and early wage revision settlement, adequate increase in salary and improvement in other service conditions and wage revision settlement to include all officers upto Scale VII.The last wage settlement was signed for a period between November 1, 2012 to October 31, 2017 and the wage ..
Banks are unpredictable about imposing/concealing terms and conditions in small print
Demands include 5-day banking, PF to be calculated on total salary and allowances, not only on basic
Workers will also hold a dharna at Reserve Bank of India offices on Feb 2