Banks stare at union strike on Tuesday, services may be hit


New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI): Services at public sector banks may take a hit on Tuesday as all unions under the aegis of UFBU have threatened to go on strike against the government's proposed consolidation move besides raising a host of other demands.

Most banks have already informed their customers that functioning of branches and offices will be impacted if the strike takes off. Operations at private lenders like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank are expected to be normal except the delay in cheque clearances.

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) is an umbrella body of nine unions, including All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW).

"As the conciliation meeting before the Chief Labour Commissioner failed, unions are left with no other option but to go on strike. There was no assurance from the government and the management of banks," AIBOC General Secretary D T Franco said.

All attempts to hammer out solutions to the demands raised by the unions bore no fruit and hence, UFBU decided to proceed with the proposed strike on August 22, he said.

Other demands include no write-off policy for non- performing assets (NPAs) of corporate loans, declaring a wilful default of loans as criminal offence and implementation of recommendations of Parliamentary Committee on the recovery of NPAs, AIBEA General Secretary C H Venkatachalam said.

He also suggested that banks should not pass on the burden of corporate NPAs on bank customers by hiking charges.

Venkatachalam said the government should abolish the Banks Board Bureau and ensure stringent measures to recover bad loans and accountability of top executives.

UFBU, which claims membership of nearly 10 lakh across banks, also requested the government for cost reimbursement of demonetisation to banks. As many as 21 public sector banks control 75 per cent of the total business.

  

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Comment on this article

  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sun, Aug 20 2017

    Out of 365 days these bank employees work for only 200 days & still they are not happy ..

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  • John, Mangalore

    Mon, Aug 21 2017

    Please read the news n understand before commenting. It says not to write off corporate NPAs and pass the burden to common public

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