10 lakh bankers to strike on July 29  

Chennai:  Around 10
lakh bankers across the country are expected to go on a strike on July 29 to
oppose the government policies related to the banking industry, a top leader of
All India Bank Employees’s Association (AIBEA) has said.

At the call of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) consisting
of nine unions with an employee membership of around 10 lakh workers and
officials, the bankers would go on a strike opposing the anti-people banking
reform policies of the central government, C.H. Venkatachalam, General
Secretary, AIBEA, said on Tuesday.

The employees of public sector banks, old private banks,
regional rural banks, foreign banks and co-operative banks will participate in
the strike, he said in a statement.

He said the notice for the strike was served to the Indian
Banks’ Association on Tuesday by the UFBU.

--IANS