All India Bank Employees Union has announced to go on strike demanding increase in the number of employees in banks. The special thing is that between December and January, bank employees will be on strike for 13 days. During this period, bank employees of different banks will be on strike in different states of the country. The strike will conclude after a two-day All India Bank Strike on 19 and 20 January. There is also protest from the employees of public sector banks as to why routine jobs in banks are being outsourced?
shortage of employees in banks
AIBEA General Secretary CH Venkatachalam said that due to manifold increase in the number of bank customers and continuous increase in business, the workload of the employees has increased. In such a situation, the number of employees in banks is very less. CH Venkatachalam said that many posts are lying vacant after retirement, promotion, death etc. These posts are not being filled. Branches are not being provided with additional staff to cope with the increase in business.
Workload is continuously increasing
He said that more and more government schemes are being implemented through bank accounts. Due to which the workload of employees is continuously increasing in all branches. According to Venkatachalam, customer service has been adversely affected due to acute shortage of employees in the branches. He said that as a result complaints are coming from customers.
The environment of banks is getting worse
KS Krishna, general secretary of All India SBI Employees Union, said that the lack of adequate recruitment in banks is a multi-dimensional issue, which is having a negative impact on banking operations, satisfactory customer service and workplace. Krishna said that unfortunately, policy makers are advocating informalization of permanent jobs in the name of cost cutting. AIBEA will go on bank-wise strike from 4 to 11 December. Apart from this, there will be state level strikes from January 2-6, 2024.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com
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