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Bank strike today

New Delhi, April 15
Protesting against the Centre’s “anti-labour and privatisation policies”, bank employees will go on a day’s nationwide strike tomorrow, which is likely to cause a loss of over Rs 100 crore to the national economy.

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), the apex union of bank employees, today said that over 10 lakh employees from 27 public sector banks and some foreign banks, including Standard Chartered Bank and Amex Bank, would participate in the strike.

“All banks, including the RBI and Regional Rural Banks, will observe the strike on April 16 and none of the branches will function,” UFBU convener Ashok Datta said in Kolkata. PTI