Government Bank employees to go on 2 day strike from May 30
Officials of government banks will go on a two-day nationwide strike from May 30. Their protest is in opposition to the proposal to increase the salaries by two per cent.
According to bank unions, the Indian Banks Association (IBA) has proposed to increase their salaries by 2 percent. This proposal was brought to the meeting on May 5. It has been proposed to increase the wage bill cost by 2% from March 31, 2017. Bank Union has rejected this proposal.
Devidas Tuljapurkar, convener of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), while addressing the media, said, “Whatever the losses the banks are getting is due to their bad loan increase. Bank employees in any way are not responsible for this. “
He said that for the last two or three years Bank employees are constantly working to implement non-stop government schemes. During this period, bank employees have played an important role in smooth running of other schemes including Jan Dhan, noteban, Mudra Yojana and Atal Pension Scheme. Because of this, the workload of employees has increased.
In the previous wage provision, the IBA had proposed to increase salary by 15 per cent. It was brought from November 1, 2012 to 31 October, 2017. Before the strike, the bank staff will protest against the main branch of the State Bank of India, Mumbai on May 29.
The United Forum of Bank Union (UFBU) includes nine unions of bank employees. It includes All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and National Organization of Bank Workers (NOBW) among others.
