MYSURU: Employees of nationalised banks within the city on Wednesday struck work on Wednesday as a part of the two-day strike known as through the All India Bank Employees’ Association to protest the proposed hike of 2% of their salaries.
The employees assembled at the District Lead Bank in Saraswathipuram, where they raised slogans in opposition to the central govt. The employees had demanded a hike of 15% of their salaries, and the announcement of a 2% hike has not long gone down smartly with them.
The employees, who took out a protest rally from the District Lead Bank and marched across one of the major roads, urging the Centre to rethink its position on the revision in their salaries. Overtures of reconciliation made through the government to nationalised banks on May five had failed, said the protesting employees. “While Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi left the rustic without paying their loans, calls for of the bank employees have long gone unheeded,” the workers said.
The aggrieved employees pointed to the position they had essayed in imposing one of the central govt’s schemes comparable to demonetisation, Jan Dhan Yojana, Atal Pension Scheme and Mudra schemes. “And but, we have now been disadvantaged of a salary hike,” they said.
The employees identified that, even if banks have been closed, measures had been taken to make sure public weren't inconvenienced. “They can still use online banking, and there is sufficient cash in ATMs,” they added.
President of the All India Bank Employees’ Association, Mysuru Shivaprasad, and individuals Prasanna, Gururaj, Ravindra and Bhaskar Pai have been amongst those that participated within the protest.
The employees assembled at the District Lead Bank in Saraswathipuram, where they raised slogans in opposition to the central govt. The employees had demanded a hike of 15% of their salaries, and the announcement of a 2% hike has not long gone down smartly with them.
The employees, who took out a protest rally from the District Lead Bank and marched across one of the major roads, urging the Centre to rethink its position on the revision in their salaries. Overtures of reconciliation made through the government to nationalised banks on May five had failed, said the protesting employees. “While Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi left the rustic without paying their loans, calls for of the bank employees have long gone unheeded,” the workers said.
The aggrieved employees pointed to the position they had essayed in imposing one of the central govt’s schemes comparable to demonetisation, Jan Dhan Yojana, Atal Pension Scheme and Mudra schemes. “And but, we have now been disadvantaged of a salary hike,” they said.
The employees identified that, even if banks have been closed, measures had been taken to make sure public weren't inconvenienced. “They can still use online banking, and there is sufficient cash in ATMs,” they added.
President of the All India Bank Employees’ Association, Mysuru Shivaprasad, and individuals Prasanna, Gururaj, Ravindra and Bhaskar Pai have been amongst those that participated within the protest.
Bank employees in Mysuru take out protest rally
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