The strike has been called against alleged repressive policies for workers adopted by government.New Delhi:Banking operations were partially affected on Tuesday, as a section of employees refrained from work in support of two-day strike call given by 10 central trade unions to protest alleged anti-labour policies of government.
The All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) have supported strike, which impacted banking operations where these two unions are strong.
However, operations in State Bank of India (SBI) and private sector banks remained unaffected, as other seven unions in banking sector are not part of strike.
Since employees associated with these two banking sector unions were on strike, counter activities such as cash deposit and withdrawal, cheque clearances were impacted at many branches.
Officers at many branches were seen handling some of activities.
On December 26, 2018, nine bank unions observed a one-day strike to protest proposed amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda.
Prior to this, All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC) went on strike on December 21.
AIBEA General Secretary C H Venkatachalam said unions are against merger of public sector banks (PSBs) as employees will lose their jobs and employment generation will be halted.
The unions are also against privatisation of PSBs as government is doing in case of IDBI Bank, he said, adding that Wednesday also strike in banks will continue.
Many PSBs have already told their customers about likely impact on services if strike materialises.
"If strike materialises, a section of bank's employees may take part in proposed strike on said dates, in which case, normal functioning of branches/offices of bank may get affected," Indian Bank said in a statement.The two-day strike on Tuesday and Wednesday has been called by central trade unions against alleged repressive policies for workers adopted by government.