New Delhi: On March 15 and 16, the employees and officers of the banks will be on strike all over the country to protest against the privatization of public sector banks and other demands. Employees say that government banks and government institutions are the backbone of any economy that should be strengthened and not privatized.
The strike was called by the All India Bank Employees Association. The meeting of the Hisar unit of Haryana Bank Employees Federation was held today under the chairmanship of its chairman Tarsem Aggarwal at the branch of Canara Bank, located in the local Red Square Market. Comrade Jagdish Nagpal, the press spokesperson of the unit, said that the meeting prepared the two-day nationwide strike to be held on March 15 or 16. He said that the main objective of the two-day strike is to oppose the privatization of public sector banks.
Other leader of the unit, Puneet Aneja said that apart from privatization of banks, many other issues are being expressed such as equal work equal pay, retired employees like health insurance serving employees, stagnation in pay rise etc. are other issues.
