Mumbai:
Bank unions have planned a two-day strike on October 5
and 6 to press their demands for wage revision.
The
United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), which met in Mumbai
yesterday, has decided to meet the Indian Banks Association
chairman on August 31 to urge him to settle the issue.
C.H.
Venkatachalam, convenor, UFBU, said that the two-day strike
and other agitation programmes would be decided upon if
no satisfactory conclusion emerged at this meeting.
The
UFBU has declared agitations, mass rallies and centralised
demonstrations to be held on September 8, a dharna before
the banking division of the ministry of finance on September
15, and demonstrations
at the branch and office levels of banks on September
22, a day where employees will wear badges in protest
on September 27.
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