Banks to go on all-India strike on August 22, says report

[Sai Jai]

Mumbai: The United Forum of Bank Unions, an umbrella organisation of major bank unions in country, has announced that it will observe a nationwide bank strike on August 22 in protest against proposed reforms in banking sector. The bankers say they are facing some other issues also that need to be addressed at the earliest.

"We have given a strike notice. The strike will be on August 22 spread over the entire banking sector," news agency IANS quoted C H Venkatachalam, All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) General Secretary, as saying.

Banks to go on all-India strike on August 22, says report