Banking transactions come to a halt as staff go on 2-day strike in protest against privatisation moves Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Centre’s move to introduce the ‘The Banking Laws (Amendments) Bill-2021’ in the current winter session of the Parliament so as to enable the Government to privatise Public Sector Banks (PSBs), bank employees under the…
Nationwide stir: Banking services hit on second day too
March 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Banking service in city was effected on the second day today following the two-day Nationwide Bank Strike, which began yesterday. While private sector banks operated as usual, all public sector banks including SBI, Indian Bank and Canara Bank remained closed today. Over 200 bank officials and staff members staged a demonstration in front of…
Bank strike total in city
March 15, 2021General Insurance Companies will be on strike on Mar. 17; Unions in LIC will strike on Mar. 18 Mysore/Mysuru: Key banking operations in city including services like deposits and withdrawal at branches, cheque transfer and clearance and loan approvals were impacted today as nine unions called for a two-day nationwide strike against the proposed privatisation…
Bank strike concludes today
February 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The nation-wide strike by public sector banks called by United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) entered the second and final day today with banking services affected throughout the city. About 500 employees of various banks staged a protest in front of the Regional Office of Corporation Bank on Vinoba road here this morning seeking…
Bank Strike begins: Today and tomorrow banks closed
January 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Banking services were affected in city and across the country as over 10 lakh employees of public sector banks have begun their two-day strike from today. Services will be affected tomorrow also. The strike, called by United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) that represents nine trade unions, over salary issues, comes on a day…
Bank strike deferred indefinitely
September 24, 2019New Delhi: The nationwide two-day strike called by four Public Sector Bank Unions has been deferred indefinitely. An announcement was made by the Unions after its representatives met Union Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar in New Delhi yesterday. Following their meeting with the Finance Secretary, the Union leaders stated that the Government has agreed to form…
Banks closed for 5 days from today
December 21, 2018Monday (Dec. 24) will be a working day Today’s closure demanding pay revision; another strike on Dec. 26 Mysuru: A Union of Public Sector Bank Officers called for a strike today, demanding immediate wage revision and protesting merger of the State-owned banks. The strike call given by the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) hit…
Cash Crunch
May 31, 2018Mysuru: Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) services of Public Sector Banks, already facing severe cash crunch, were severely disrupted across the city this morning, the second day of the bank strike. Bank Unions have struck work in protest against what they called “a meagre” 2% wage revision proposed by the Indian Banks Association (IBA). Apart from…
Banks closed: Employees go on two-day strike
May 30, 2018Mysuru: Nearly 4,000 Public Sector Bank employees from Mysuru District gathered in front of SBI Regional Office on Sahukar Chennaiah Road in T.K. Layout here this morning to participate in a two-day Nationwide strike against a ‘meagre’ 2 per cent salary hike proposed by Indian Banks Association (IBA). The strike is likely to hit ATM…
Two-day Nationwide Bank strike from tomorrow
May 29, 2018Mysuru: Citizens would be inconvenienced in the next two days as bank employees in various State-run banks across the country will go on a strike from tomorrow (Wednesday) urging for fulfilment of their various demands. Their demands include hike in salaries, opposing the merging of banks and other pending demands. In the wage negotiation meeting…
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