Bank unions under the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) umbrella have called a strike on June, 27th against the proposed public sector bank privatisation and many other demands.
Their demands include updating and revising the pension for all pensioners and doing away with the national pension scheme (NPS) and restoring the old pension scheme for all bank employees, AIBEA general secretary C H Venkatachalam said after the meeting of UFBU.
Also, employees of public sector banks have demanded for five-days-a-week work.
The bank strike will take place after the weekend (June 25-26). Because June 27 falls on a Monday, banks will be closed for three days in a row.
Soumya Dutta, AIBOC General Secretary, claimed that - if the government and bank management did not respond to the unions' demands - roughly seven lakh workers across the country will go on strike.