Mumbai
If you are planning to go to the bank next week, be careful! The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) announced a two -day nationwide strike on 24 and 25 March. This can disrupt the services of both public and private banks across the country. The strike was called after negotiations with Indian Banks Association (IBA), an organization of Indian banks.
Which banks will affect?
Although SBI, PNB, BOB, ICICI and HDFC Bank have not made any official statement about the strike, according to an ANI report, the strike can affect the public sector, private sector and rural banks. Due to this, customers may face blockage of banking services for four days.
What is UFBU and which bank union is included in it?
The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) is an organization including 9 major bank unions. It represents more than 8 lakh bank employees and officers.
The major unions involved in this are- All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE), All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOA).
What are the demands of bank unions?
Bank unions have placed many of their demands in front of the government and IBA. These include mainly:
Adequate recruitment to all posts in banks, so that there is no shortage of staff in branches and customer service can be improved.
Temporary employees working in banks should be regularized.
Five days of work should be implemented for all banks, such as applicable in RBI, insurance companies and government departments.
The Performance Review and Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme should be withdrawn, so that the security of the job is maintained and the autonomy of public sector banks is not weakened.
Security of bank employees and officers should be ensured so that any type of violence or abuse can be avoided by customers.
Banking services are affected due to decrease in manpower
Bank personnel organizations said that in the last 11 years, one lakh 39 thousand 811 personnel have decreased in public banks of the country. These are vacant. Adequate employees are not being provided to serve customers in public sector banks. Due to lack of satisfactory services due to the huge shortage of personnel in bank branches, uncontrolled people attack the workers. Therefore, adequate number of personnel should be appointed in banks and arrangements should be made to protect the workers, so that satisfactory services can be provided to the customers and unnecessary charge can be reduced.
Demand for bankers
Adequate recruitment in all cadres, regularizing temporary employees
Implementing the rules of work five days a week in banking sector
Government instructions related to performance review and PLI should be returned
Security of bank personnel to protect from uncontrolled public attack
Appointment of vacant posts of workers, officers and directors in public sector banks
Amendment to the Gratuity Act to increase the limit of Rs 25 lakh on the lines of government employees
The vacant posts should be filled soon in public sector banks.
The maximum limit should be amended to ₹ 25 lakh by amending the Gratuity Act, as is applicable to government employees.
Outsourcing of permanent jobs in the banking sector should be discontinued.
Any improper labor policies should be banned in the banking sector.
Bank services will be affected for four days
March 22 is the fourth Saturday of the month, which is a holiday for all government and private banks. Banks will be discharged due to Sunday on 23 March. Banks will remain closed due to a two -day strike on 24 and 25 March. This means that banking services will be affected for four consecutive days.
Which services will affect?
Pankaj Kapoor, vice-president of All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), told ANI that the strike will affect banking services like check clearance, cash transactions, loan services and money remittance.
Although ATM, UPI and Internet banking services will continue, large amounts of transactions and check clearance may be delayed.
