Nationalised banks across the nation and in the State will shut shop for a day today (February 28) to press for various demands including those related to wages.
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Meanwhile, the Goa Bank Employees Association (GBEA) has extended its support to The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) under the aegis of which today’s strike has been called. Speaking to The Goan, Subash Naik George, president of the Goa Bank Employees Association (GBEA) said the All
India group had refrained itself from protesting during the demonetisation drive so as not to inconvenience the common man.
However, the functioning of private banks like ICICI, HDFC,
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Axis and Kotak Mahindra is expected to be normal except for delays in cheque clearance.
“During the demonetisation drive, the image of bank workers had been diminished after people started complaining about the way we were working. Though it was not an issue in Goa, it was a big concern in the rest of India. We wanted to protest then but didn’t go ahead as we didn’t want to cause any inconvenience,” he said.
In a statement, association general secretary AM Pereira said, “When the whole country had witnessed the outstanding work done by the employees and officers during the post-demonetisation rush period in the branches by working day and night, even the compensation to be paid to the staff is not paid in full. There are many other important issues which are being ignored by the management and the Government.”
“There are lakhs and crores of loans that have yet to be paid, thus making them Non Performing Assets (NPA), they had instead decided to do after demonetization. There are a lot of cases where many of these loans are simply waived off,” he said.
As an immediate demand, the association has asked that anyone who hasn’t repaid their loan should be treated as a criminal offence and their names should be published.
GBEA have also said they were against the merger of State Bank of India with its associate banks which include State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore.
The all India strike has been called for by the United Forum of Banks’ Union (UFBU) and comprise of all the employees and officers in all the Banks in the country. Axis and Kotak Mahindra is expected to be normal except for delays in cheque clearance.
“During the demonetisation drive, the image of bank workers had been diminished after people started complaining about the way we were working. Though it was not an issue in Goa, it was a big concern in the rest of India. We wanted to protest then but didn’t go ahead as we didn’t want to cause any inconvenience,” he said.
In a statement, association general secretary AM Pereira said, “When the whole country had witnessed the outstanding work done by the employees and officers during the post-demonetisation rush period in the branches by working day and night, even the compensation to be paid to the staff is not paid in full. There are many other important issues which are being ignored by the management and the Government.”
“There are lakhs and crores of loans that have yet to be paid, thus making them NPA, they had instead decided to do after demonetization. There are a lot of cases where many of these loans are simply waived off,” he said.
