The employees’ unions of public sector banks have called for a 48-hour nation-wide strike from May 30 to protest against a ‘meagre wage hike of 2%,’ among others, proposed by the Indian Banks’ Association.
The United Forum of Bank Unions, an umbrella body of nine unions, including All India Bank Employees’ Association and All India Bank Officers’ Confederation, in a letter to the IBA, said the unions were opposing the government’s ‘casual’ approach towards wage revision, IBA’s ‘delay’ in resolving charter of demands and the ‘meagre’ offer of 2% increase in wages.
In the last wage revision, IBA provided an increment of 15%. The unions have demanded expeditious and early wage revision settlement and adequate increase in salary and improvement in other service conditions.
