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Bank unions observe one-day strike across country over five-day workweek d
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Bank unions across the country observed a one-day strike on Tuesday to press for several long-pending demands, including the implementation of a five-day working week for bank employees.
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Banking services to be affected from March 22-25 as union calls for nation
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Pankaj Kapoor, VP, All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) told ANI, "Banking services will be interrupted for four days starting from March 22 and March 23 is Bank holiday and 24-25 March is strike. Due to this banking services like clearing house, cash transaction, remittances, ad
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2-day bank strikes hit banking, ATM services
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), December 16 (ANI): Employees of several public sector banks, including State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), and Bank of Baroda, are on a two-day strike starting Thursday to protest against the proposed privatization of the state-run lenders.
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Not all banks are going to be privatised, says Sitharaman amid nationwide
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that not all banks are going to be privatised, adding that the interests of workers of banks, which are likely to be privatised, would also be protected.
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'Will continue protest until government withdraws privatisation decision',
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 16 (ANI): On the second day of their two-day national strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine bank unions, employees have said that their protest will continue until the government withdraws its proposed privatisa
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Cong alleges Centre trying to finish Indian banking industry through priva
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Congress's Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Manickam Tagore condemned the Centre for trying to break the backbone of the banking industry by privatising public sector banks.
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Centre privatising profit and nationalising loss, says Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday criticised the Centre over the privatisation of Public Sector Banks and said that he stands with the striking bank employees.
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Strike called by UFBU enters Day 2, banks remain shut in Mumbai, Panchkula
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai, Panchkula, Siliguri (Maharashtra, Haryana, West Bengal) [India], March 16 (ANI): Bank employees continued with their nationwide strike on Tuesday, for the second day, following the call of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU). Like all other parts of the country, it has impacted se
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Congress gives adjournment motion notice in LS over bank strike
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Congress on Tuesday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha demanding a discussion on the proposed privatisation of banks and its adverse impact on bank employees and common people.
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Cong MP gives adjournment notice in LS over bank employees' strike
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar constituency Manickam Tagore has given an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over "strike and agitation of bank employees against proposed privatisation".
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RJD MP gives notice in RS to discuss bank employees' strike
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Member of Parliament (MP) Manoj Jha has given a notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 to discuss the strike and agitation of bank employees against the proposed privatisation of government banks.
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Higher accountability of public sector banks needed, not their outright sa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): The Congress said on Monday that it stands in solidarity with 10 lakh bank officials and staff participating in the strike "against reckless privatisation of public sector banks".
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