A section of PSU bank employees would go on a two-day strike on 8-9 January in support of the nation-wide strike call given by 10 central trade unions against the government's alleged anti-worker policy.
The All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and Bank Employees Federation of India has informed the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) of the two-day nationwide strike on 8-9 January, 2019, IDBI Bank said in a filing to the BSE.
In a separate filing to the BSE, Bank of Baroda said “in the event of AlBEA and BEFI proceeding on strike on 8-9 January, 2019, the functioning of bank’s branches/offices in some of the zones may be affected.”
Ten central trade unions — INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, AICCTU, UTUC, TUCC, LPF and SEWA — have also called for a nationwide general strike on 8-9 January, against the "anti-people" policies of the Centre and have placed a charter of 12 demands before the central government.
Earlier on 26 December 2018, nine bank unions or close to 1 million employees of various banks, including private lenders, had observed a one-day strike to protest against the proposed amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda.
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