The United Forum of Bank Unions, an umbrella body of nine unions in the banking sector, has called a one-day strike today on February 28. Though it claims that cooperative banks are also going to be on strike, Nafscob Chairman Dileepbhai Sanghani says co-op banks are not part of it.
Talking to Indian Cooperative Sanghani Chairman of the apex body of cooperative banks NAFSCOB said “We are not on strike on February 28 because no bank union contacted us in this regard. The cooperative banking sector will work as normally as it does on regular days.”
The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) comprises of nine unions in the banking sector — namely AIBEA, AIBOC, NCBE, AIBOA, BEFI, INBEF, INBOC, NOBW and NOBO.
SBI and few other public banks have already informed their customers that the functioning of the branch may take a hit on Tuesday due to the strike though private banks like ICICI, HDFC and others are likely to function normally but there may be slight delay in cheque clearances.
The press release reads “ Bank employees and officers in all public sector banks, including SBI, all old-generation private banks, foreign banks, Regional Rural Banks and Cooperative Banks will observe one-day strike.”
The strike is aimed to protest the government’s “anti-people banking reforms” as well as to voice demands for compensation to employees for extra work done by them on account of demonetization. Unions are also opposed to the proposed labour reforms of the government.
