Aurangabad, Nov 25:
The Maharashtra State Bank Employees Federation (MSBEF) under the banner of the All India Banks Employees Association (AIBEA), and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) will join the one-day all-India strike announced by central trade unions to protest against government''s anti-labour policies and privatization bids.
Ten central trade unions will go on a one-day long nationwide general strike on November 26. The MSBEF stated in its official release that the labour laws, which have been passed by the Parliament in the name of ease of business are purely in the interest of corporates. The present government is pushing its agenda of privatisation in the name of ''Atmanirbhar Bharat'' and resorting to large scale privatization in core sectors of the economy which includes banking. In Maharashtra, around 30,000 bank employees across 10,000 branches of public sector banks, old generation private sector banks, regional rural banks and foreign banks will participate in the strike.