Jamshedpur : Bank employees’ unions have decided go on a day-long strike on January 7 across the country to press for a wage hike.
Bank unions have also threatened to go on strike on multiple days later this month if their demand is not accepted. The bank unions on Tuesday took out protest rally in favour of their demands at Bistupur and Sakchi and also staged demonstration.
“We want early conclusion of the 10th bipartite wage negotiation (with IBA) for satisfactory and reasonable wage hike and so we are going on an all-India bank strike tomorrow,” United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) fucntionary.
The UFBU is the umbrella organization of employee and officer unions of nine banks. The unions have been demanding a wage revision linked to the gross profit of the banks. “Our demand is for a 23% wage hike as against a rise of 11% offered by the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA),” noted the official.
UFBU has also demanded withdrawal of an IBA letter to member-banks on visiting their mandates given to the association for unconditional wage negotiation at industry level.
The bank employees had gone on a day-long strike on the same issue in November last year. This was followed by a zone-wise strike early last month.
