Bank Employees Strike: All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), the largest association of banking sector employees, has decided to conduct a series of nationwide strikes between 4 December 2023 and 20 January 2024. Through these strikes, the employees want to get their demands met, the first demand of which is to increase the recruitment of employees. The bank associations are going to go on a 13-day strike from December 4, 2023 to January 20, 2024.
There is a demand to increase the workforce
According to AIBEA General Secretary CH Venkatachalam, it has been the effort of the government and banks to increase the number of supervisory staff by reducing the number of clerks and subordinate employees. It appears to be aimed at reducing the workforce under the Industrial Dispute Act.
Focus should be on bringing regular employees
Apart from this, more employees are being hired on contract basis. More focus is being placed on reducing outsourced regular and permanent employees and bringing them to contractors. This allows banks to avoid adhering to wage agreements set in bilateral agreements. This is why there has been a significant decline in the recruitment of clerical staff in banks in the last few years and there has been a de facto ban on hiring of subordinate and cleaning staff, due to which many individuals have to work on temporary and casual basis without proper compensation. Got employment.
The strike will last till January 2024 next year
AIBEA’s strike plan includes strikes in different nationalized and private banks from December 4 to 11. After this, bank employees in different states will take part in the strike from 2 to 6 January. It will conclude after a two-day all-India bankers’ strike on 19-20 January 2024. The associations are going to go on a 13-day strike from December 4, 2023 to January 20, 2024. This strike will not happen continuously but on different days.
