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Bank employees decry privatisation move
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They stage protests in the city for the last two days
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Members of All India Nationalised Bank Officers Federation staging a protest against the privatisation of banks in front of Canara Bank at Balmatta in Mangaluru.
They stage protests in the city for the last two days
Hundreds of employees of public sector banks in Dakshina Kannada district staged a protest against the proposal to privatise nationalised banks under the banner of United Forum of Bank Unions in Mangaluru on Monday and Tuesday.
While the employees held a demonstration in front of the Mini Vidhana Soudha on Monday, they staged a demonstration in front of the Circle Office of Canara Bank on Tuesday.
Bank strike Day 2: PSB bank services hit, unions warn may go on like farm stir
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Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 10:58 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 16: Bank strike continued for day-two on Tuesday, led by nine unions of public sector banks (PSBs) in the country, opposing government s policy to privatise the lenders.
Customers will be inconvenienced to get services such as cash withdrawals, deposits, cheque clearances, remittance services. Government transactions related to treasury as well as business transactions will also be impacted.
United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine unions, had given a strike call for March 15 and 16.
Members of UFBU include All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE), All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOA) and Bank Employees Confederation of India (BEFI).
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 16: On second consecutive day of the two-day nationwide strike called by United Forum of Bank Unions against privatization of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) banking services across Jammu and Kashmir remained severely hit.
All the Centralized Banks remained closed thus causing great inconvenience to people even as J&K Bank and other Private Sector Banks functional normally as they are not part of the strike.
In Jammu, the protesting Bank employees held a strong protest demonstration in front of State Bank of India Administrative Office Building, Bahu Plaza and raised slogans against the Government move to Privatise Nationalized Banks.