Banks to shut down operations across country on Dec 21
Udupi, Dec 19: Seeking fulfillment of their various demands and to solve their problems, All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOC) has called for a banks strike across the country on December 21.
Syndicate Bank Officers Association national president and AIBOC joint general secretary U Shashidhar Shetty told reporters here on Wednesday that “we have been protesting against the atrocities on bank officials across the country and we are also opposing the unilateral decision to cut the medical facilities for the bank officers”.
Demands
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Complete mandate should be implemented
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11th second pay agreement should be implemented
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Salary of the employees should be revised shortly and completely
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To balance the work, five-day working week should be implemented
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Reforms in family pension and revision in retired bank employees pension
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Priority for basic bank business and ban on selling non-banking products
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Abolish new pension scheme and implement suitable pension scheme
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Removal of disparity in all facilities including pension between regional and nationalized banks
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Merger of Vijaya, Dena and Bank of Baroda banks should be cancelled
Shankar Kundapur of Syndicate Bank, Rakesh of Canara Bank, Avinash of Vijaya Bank, and Jayaprakash of Corporation Bank were present at the press conference.
Five days holiday: Close your bank transactions by Thursday
As the banks will remain close for another four-five days after all India bank strike, customers should think of completing all banking transactions on Thursday. The bank officers association has called for a strike on Friday, Saturday (Dec 22) is the last Saturday of the month, Dec 23 is Sunday, Dec 25 is Christmas holiday and UFBU bank has given call for strike on Dec 26 and on that day, it is unlikely to open the banks. So, the banks will operate only on Monday, December 24.
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Migrant labourer lynched in Odisha over false claim of Bangladeshi identity
Sambalpur, Odisha: A 30-year-old migrant labourer from West Bengal was beaten to death around 8.30 pm on Wednesday in the Shantinagar city after a group of men falsely accused him of being an illegal Bangladeshi national.
Police said on Thursday, the victim, identified as Juel Shaikh, had stopped at a tea stall after completing his day’s work. Three other migrant workers were with him at the time.
According to police and local sources, a group of four to five unidentified men approached the workers and began questioning them about their identity. The Observer Post reported that the men allegedly accused the labourers of being Bangladeshi immigrants and demanded proof of identity. After the workers produced valid identity documents, the attackers reportedly dismissed them as fake and began assaulting the group.
Three of the workers managed to flee. Juel Shaikh was caught by the assailants and beaten severely. He sustained serious injuries and died at the spot. The attackers fled soon after the assault.
A police officer said the body was recovered from the scene and shifted to the district headquarters hospital morgue. Shaikh’s family has been informed of his death. The injured workers were admitted to hospital for treatment. A post-mortem examination of the deceased is scheduled to be conducted on Thursday.
