Bank Officers' Associations defer two days strike after meeting Rajeev Kumar, Finance Secretary

The two-day bank strike has been deferred. The association has issued a statement after meeting Rajeev Kumar, finance secretary, the government of India.

The statement read, “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.”

The meeting was attended by Sunil Kumar, Chairman, Debasis Ghosh, President and Soumya Datta General Secretary. The statement read, “It was assured that a high power committee will be formed to look into the matter related to mergers and the issue of retaining their identity. We also discussed our Wage Revision, 5 day week, Reduction of Cash transaction hours, Issues of Retirees, issues related to cross-selling etc.”

In the statement the association mentioned, “Shri Rajeev Kumar assured us that all the issues will be addressed.  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.”

In a Joint circular of the striking unions it was expressed that, “In view of the consideration of the positive and workable solution by the Secretary, Finance, the 48 hours strike from midnight of 25th September, 2019 to 27th September, 2019 stands deferred.”

Four unions that had warned the pan-India two-day-strike by bank employees are the All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Officers’ Association (AIBOA), Indian National Bank Officers’ Congress (INBOC) and National Organisation of Bank Officers (NOBO).