BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK: Customers faced a hard time on Thursday - the closing day of the month - as bank employees persevered their strike for the second day. Pensioners and salaried employees have been the worst off. Several public-sector bank ATMs remained closed in Cuttack. The few that have been opened have been out of cash.
Bhagaban Das, a retired executive instructor, said, "I was unable to withdraw my pension from the bank (State Bank of India). The money always gets credited by May 30. My wife has an uterus surgery scheduled for Thursday. I need the money urgently for that purpose."
Bank transactions have been hit on Day II of the strike as nearly one million employees of public-sector banks around the country- grouped under the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) - did not display up for work to press for the early revision of wages. The workers have also sought the recovery of dangerous loans and have adversarial outsourcing of labor. Wage revision has been due since November 1, 2017, they said.
Another executive employee, Sudarshan Behera, said, "I am the sole bread-winner of my family. Everyone depends on me for their needs. My salary usually arrives on the last day of the month. This time, however, I was forced to borrow money from a friend on Thursday as I could not draw my salary."
"I visited more than six ATMs to withdraw cash; four were closed and two were open but without money," he added.
The employees, who launched the protest towards the paltry two in keeping with cent salary hike presented by means of the Indian Banks Association (IBA), the control body of banks, pleaded helplessness. "We are aware of the inconvenience caused to the people but we are helpless. We worked really hard, including during demonetisation, but we are not paid properly," said Anada Sankar Jena, a member of the UFBU.
Transactions of over Rs 10,000 crore had been suffering from the strike within the state, resources said.
Operations in personal banks corresponding to ICICI, HDFC and Axis Bank have been kind of customary.
Bhagaban Das, a retired executive instructor, said, "I was unable to withdraw my pension from the bank (State Bank of India). The money always gets credited by May 30. My wife has an uterus surgery scheduled for Thursday. I need the money urgently for that purpose."
Bank transactions have been hit on Day II of the strike as nearly one million employees of public-sector banks around the country- grouped under the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) - did not display up for work to press for the early revision of wages. The workers have also sought the recovery of dangerous loans and have adversarial outsourcing of labor. Wage revision has been due since November 1, 2017, they said.
Another executive employee, Sudarshan Behera, said, "I am the sole bread-winner of my family. Everyone depends on me for their needs. My salary usually arrives on the last day of the month. This time, however, I was forced to borrow money from a friend on Thursday as I could not draw my salary."
"I visited more than six ATMs to withdraw cash; four were closed and two were open but without money," he added.
The employees, who launched the protest towards the paltry two in keeping with cent salary hike presented by means of the Indian Banks Association (IBA), the control body of banks, pleaded helplessness. "We are aware of the inconvenience caused to the people but we are helpless. We worked really hard, including during demonetisation, but we are not paid properly," said Anada Sankar Jena, a member of the UFBU.
Transactions of over Rs 10,000 crore had been suffering from the strike within the state, resources said.
Operations in personal banks corresponding to ICICI, HDFC and Axis Bank have been kind of customary.
Bank strike hurts pensioners, salaried
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