Bank Strike Called Off

Today a delegation of four officers'  organisations met Shri Rajeev Kumar,  Finance Secretary and had a threadbare discussion on various issues related to our strike call on 26th & 27th September'19. All of the undersigned attended the meeting. It was assured that a high power committee will be formed to look into the related to mergers.

We also discussed our  Wage Revision, 5 day week, Reduction of Cash transaction hours, Issues of Retirees, issues related to cross selling etc. Shri Rajeev Kumar assured us that all the issues will be addressed. The issue of clear mandate upto Scale was cleared. On behalf of DFS , it was requested to revisit our decision of the strike.

In view of the positive commitments, it is felt that we should defer our strike decision.

Sunil Kumar Chairman
Debasis Ghosh President
Soumya Datta General Secretary

Officers' unions of public sector banks have deferred the proposed two-day strike following an assurance from Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar to look into their concerns. Click following link to read full news

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