Bank Bandh on June 27: Bank Employees Threaten To Go On Strike, Banking Operations To Be Impacted

Bank Bandh on June 27: The demands of the bank employees include revision of pension, doing away with the national pension scheme and restoration of old pension scheme for all bank employees.

Written by: India.com Business Desk Edited by: Manmath Nayak

Published: June 8, 2022, 10:58 PM IST

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United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) decided to go on two-day strike from January 30 to press for their various demands.

New Delhi: The employees of public sector banks on Wednesday have threatened to go on a full-day strike on June 27 to press for issues related to pension and the demand for five-days-a-week work. The bank bandh has been called by the United Forum of Bank Union (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine bank unions including All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW).

Their collective demands included updation and revision of pension for all pensioners and doing away with the national pension scheme and restore old pension scheme for all bank employees, AIBEA general secretary C H Venkatachalam said after the meeting of UFBU.

Giving details to news agency PTI, AIBOC General Secretary Soumya Dutta said that about 7 lakh workers across the country would participate in the strike, if the government and management of banks are insensitive to the unions’ demands. Banking operation may be impacted if the strike materalises.