Mumbai:
The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella
of nine unions, have called a nationwide strike on October
27 to oppose outsourcing, privatisation and the proposed
increase in voting rights of foreign investors in private
banks. The strike was announced after the conciliation
meeting by the chief labour commissioner with the unions
and Indian Banks Association (IBA) ended in failure.
The
strike is likely to affect public sector banks like the
State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda
and Canara Bank severely.
UFBU
has All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), All
India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), National Confederation
of Bank Employees (NCBE), All India Bank Officers Association
(AIBOA), Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI), Indian
National Bank Employees Congress (INBEC), Indian National
Bank Officers Congress (INBOC), National Organisation
of Bank Workers (NOBW) and National Organisation of Bank
Officers (NOBO) as member unions.
The
UFBU blamed the casual approach of the government and
IBA for failure of the meeting, in which UFBU had also
demanded fresh recruitments, restoration of compassionate
appointments and one more option to join pension scheme.
"If
the government and the IBA continue to adopt their ostrich-like
policy and not come forward to resolve the issues by meaningful
discussions, the agitation will be further intensified
into more strike actions in the banks," UFBU general
secretary C H Venkatachalam said.
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