If you are also in any banking related job at present, then this news might come in handy for you. In fact, today the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBA) has announced a nationwide strike, due to which banking services might be affected across the country. In such a situation, something related to your banking might get stuck. Before you go to the bank, you can call your branch and find out whether the bank is open or not.
AIBEA general secretary CH Venkatachalam told a news agency that the proposed strike is to show our protest against the Bank of India’s move to file a chargesheet against the 13 officials of the Bank of India Staff Union in Kerala under political pressure. The employees named in the chargesheet are ex-servicemen, three of whom served in the Kargil war. On the reason for the collective chargesheet by the union leaders, he said, “The Bank of India Staff Union-Kerala is affiliated to AIBEA.
#AIBEAStrike call for August 28, 2024 Against the political attack on the union AIBOCNCBEBEFIAIBOAINBOCINBEF extends its support pic.twitter.com/OwXANu6OmG
— CH VENKATACHALAM (@ChVenkatachalam) August 20, 2024
Members of five other bank unions including United Forum of Bank Unions, Confederation of Indian Bank Officers, National Confederation of Bank Employees, Bank Employees Federation of India, All India Bank Officers Association etc. will participate in today’s bank strike.
Which banks are participating in the bandh?
Members of five other bank unions, including the United Forum of Bank Unions, the Confederation of Indian Bank Officers, the National Confederation of Bank Employees, the Bank Employees Federation of India and the All India Bank Officers Association, are also participating in the strike.
Why is the strike happening?
The union alleges that banks are under political attack. Today’s strike is a protest against the action taken against 13 bank employees in Kerala for participating in the 23rd All India Bank employees’ convention. The union’s general secretary CH Venkatachalam said that we have warned about this strike today to take action against the culprits and save the innocent.
