Shimla, January 4
Banking services in the state were completely paralysed today as the employees observed strike in protest against the victimisation of staff of Standard Chartered Bank by the management.
The call for strike was given by the All-India Bank Employees Association. The agitating employees held rallies at all district headquarters. A big rally was held here at which leaders condemned the vindictive punitive actions against the employees of the Standard Chartered Bank.
The association urged the Central Government to intervene in the matter and get the illegal and malafide transfers of employees cancelled.
The strike was supported by the National Confederation of Bank Employees, All-India Bank Officers Confederation, Bank Employees Federation of India and other employees organisations.
HAMIRPUR: Banking services throughout the district were crippled on Friday as the clerical employees of the banks owing their allegiance to the All-India Bank Employees Association observed a day-long strike in protest against the attack of the management of the Standard Chartered Bank against its employees in the name of
VRS.
This is the fourth VRS in the bank during past five years and the management has been using all ways and means to harass workers so that they opt for the
VRS, according to Mr R.L. Chauhan and Mr R.C. Verma, two leaders of the Himachal Pradesh Bank Employees’ Federation.
The striking employees held a rally at the Gandhi Chowk and raised anti-bank management slogans.
ABOHAR: In response to the call given jointly by the All-India Bank Employees Federation, employees of the local banks, except the State Bank of India, observed complete strike on Friday.
They assembled outside main branch of the Punjab National Bank and held a demonstration.
SANGRUR: On a call given by the All-India Bank Employees’ Association in protest against “anti-labour and unfair labour policies” of the government and transfers of bank employees against set norms in Standard Chartered Bank, the employees of local banks, barring the State Bank of India, on Friday observed a token strike and held a rally in front of the State Bank of Patiala here.
Addressing the rally, Mr Pali Ram
Bansal, assistant secretary of the All-India Gramin Bank Employees Association, condemned the economic policies of the Central Government and warned the government if it did not desist from its “wrong” policies, the country would have to face economic slavery of the developed countries.
Mr B.S.
Sidhu, secretary of the Punjab Bank Employees Federation, Mr Devinder Gupta, Mr Avtar Singh, Mr Harjit Singh and Mr
Batish, all leaders of the bank employees’ associations, addressed the rally.
AMRITSAR: A full day strike was observed by bank employees here on Friday on a nationwide call given by the All-India Bank Employees Association
(AIBEA).
Employees staged a demonstration in front of Punjab National Bank, Town Hall, protesting over the punitive transfers of employees beyond linguistic areas.
Mr Ravi Razdan, secretary of the Punjab Bank Employees Federation in a press note informed that clearing house was also suspended for a day on account of the strike. Employees threatened that they would resort to indefinite strike in case banks management failed to meet their demands.
FATEHGARH SAHIB: Banking activity came to a grinding halt in all branches of Nationalised Banks in the district on Friday following one-day nationwide token strike by their employees at the call of
AIBEA.
The striking employees assembled in front of Punjab National Bank, Sirhind Mandi branch, and held a demonstration, which ended into a rally, in support of their demands.
BATHINDA: On a call given by the All-India Bank Employees Association, employees of Punjab National Bank here observed strike on Friday.
Mr B.P. Garg, vice-president of the Punjab National Bank Staff Union, in a press note issued here said only few employees of the New Bank of India did not participate in the strike.
BARNALA: Normal functioning of the local branches of the State Bank of Patiala, Punjab National Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Central Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce was paralysed as employees of these banks observed stay-and-cease-work in their bank branches on Friday on a call given by the All-India Bank Employees Association.
Mr Charanjit Singh
Lali, secretary of the Punjab Bank Employees Federation and spokesman for the employees’ federation of banks, said the strike was observed in protest against the atrocities of the management of the Standard Chartered Bank on its employees retirement.
ROHTAK: Employees working in various nationalised banks in the town on Friday observed strike and held a demonstration in front of the Oriental Bank of Commerce in protest against the unjustified transfers of employees of Standard Chartered Bank.
Addressing the agitating employees, the functionaries of the AIBEA advised the management of the Standard Chartered Bank to follow the laws of the country and withdraw the transfer orders of its employees immediately.
