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FM urges bank employee unions to call off strike

| | Feb 22, 2015, at 02:54 am
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has made an appeal to all the employees of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and their Unions and Associations not to resort to agitation approach by participating in bank strike .

He informed the employees of PSBs that banks are already in negotiations with their Unions and Associations for wage settlement.

Jaitley said that the bipartite negotiations in a cordial manner is the only available tool for settlement.

Jaitley said that participating in the proposed strike is neither desirable nor affordable in the interest of the nation.

Making an another appeal to the employees of PSBs, their Unions and Associations, the Finance Minister asked them not to resort to such disruptive means, and call off the call for strike.

In a bid to press for wage-related demands, Public sector bank (PSBs) employee unions have threatened to  go on a strike across India from Feb 25.

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