Bank Strike

The strike was called to press for the long-pending demand for a five-day work week in the banking industry, including declaring all Saturdays as bank holidays

Banking operations at public sector banks across the country were impacted on Tuesday as the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) went on nationwide strike demanding the immediate implementation of a five-day work week. The strike call by the UFBU, an umbrella body of nine unions representing officers and employees, comes after a conciliation meeting with the Chief Labour Commissioner on January 23 failed to yield a positive outcome. "Since there was no positive outcome and the government did not agree to our demand, hence this strike is forced on us. Bank employees and officers are highly aggrieved that they alone are being discriminated against," All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), a constituent of UFBU, general secretary C H Venkatachalam told PTI. Most branches of public sector banks across the country were either completely closed or partially closed as both employees and officers were observing Tuesday's strike. Services such as cash deposits, withdrawals, cheque ...

Is bank holiday today: The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has called an all-India bank strike today, January 27, which may disrupt services at public sector banks such as SBI and PNB

The unions said that even during an earlier conciliation held on March 21, 2025, they were assured that the matter was under serious consideration, but no decision has been communicated till date

UFBU said nearly eight lakh bank employees and officers will observe a one-day nationwide strike as government approval for declaring all Saturdays bank holidays remains pending

The United Forum of Bank Unions called for the strike after negotiations with the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) failed to yield desired results

The decision to call for a strike was taken after a meeting in Mumbai on Thursday

The IBA and the bank managements have agreed to resolve the issues that resulted in the calling for a strike bilaterally with AIBEA

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Transactions at many public sector banks were impacted as employees did not report for duty

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The Maharashtra government on Sunday invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) barring employees of state-run electricity companies from joining the nationwide protest.

Strikers demands include scrapping of labour codes, no privatisation of any form, scrapping of National Monetisation Pipeline

The two-day nationwide bank strike called by United Forum of Bank Union ended on Friday, impacting normal operations across the country. Lakhs of employees of public sector banks were on strike to protest against the proposed privatisation of banks by the government. Banks will work as usual on Saturday, as it is a working day. United Forum of Bank Union (UFBU) is an umbrella body of nine bank unions, including All India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC), All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW). Services like deposits and withdrawal at branches, cheque clearance and loan approvals remained paralysed due to the two-day strike. ATMs at different parts of the country went dry on the second day. Government treasury operations, negotiating of import and export bills, grant of loans, cash transactions, etc. were not possible and clearing operations were affected. In the three clearing centres of Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, about 3

Banking operations across Maharashtra remained impacted for the second straight day on Friday as employees of state-run lenders continued their two-day strike against bank privatisation

Banking services across Tamil Nadu remained hit for the second day on Friday with employees union staging a protest against the proposed privatisation of nationalised banks by the government

Banking operations in West Bengal were severely affected for the second consecutive day as lakhs of employees and officers of public sector lenders continued their nationwide strike

Most of the ATMs ran dry due to the lack of replenishment

Staffers take out marches in protest against privatisation of public sector banks; a few customer service centres kept functional

Most of the banks, including SBI, have already cautioned their customers about the strike's possible impact on banking operations like cheque clearance and fund transfer