Employees from cooperative banks across India will join a nationwide strike on July 9, opposing the Union government’s economic and labour policies.
The protest, led by AIBEA, AIBOA, and BEFI, includes workers from public sector, private, regional rural, and foreign banks, highlighting growing unrest across the financial sector.
The unions argue the current economic model benefits corporates while sidelining the working class, especially in rural and cooperative institutions.
Cooperative bank employees, crucial in grassroots financial services, are particularly alarmed by moves toward privatisation and the erosion of job security through contractual hiring.
The strike also targets rising costs of living, job losses, and diluted labour protections under new labour codes.
Bank unions have called on citizens to support the protest, describing it as a fight to defend public sector banks, cooperative institutions, and the economic rights of ordinary Indians.
