Associate banks to go on strike on June 7, July 28

Chennai

The Associate Banks are State Bank of Travancore (SBT), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ) and State Bank of Patiala (SBP). SSBEA represents 45,000 employees of five associate Banks. The SSBEA has taken the decision to go on strike at its meeting held under the guidance of All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) here on Friday.    

AIBEA General Secretary CH Venkatachalam, said that the SBI management continues to attempt merger of five Associate Banks with them. He said the meeting decided that any such move should be opposed and demanded that all the Associate Banks be made as one entity and made as an effect bank of substantial size to ensure better growth of the bank. Venkatachalam said the meeting also expressed its strong opposition to the attempts of the SBI management to unilaterally impose adverse service conditions on the employees of the Associate Banks in violation of the Bipartite Settlement.

The AIBEA General Secretary said apart from the strike on June 7 and July 28, demonstrations, mass meetings, rallies processions will be held on May 27, June 10, 21, 29 and July 10. The AIBEA will extend its full support and solidarity for all the agitations, he said.