Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

World

3-Day Bank Strike Deferred After Meeting Between Association, Unions

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has deferred its three-day nationwide strike, which was due to begin on Monday, after talks with the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) on Sunday night.

3-Day Bank Strike Deferred After Meeting Between Association, Unions

The Indian Banks Association (IBA) and the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) have agreed to defer a proposed three-day nationwide bank strike from September 28 to 30. The decision was reached during a meeting between the parties on Sunday night. The UFBU had been seeking a five-day banking week and improvements in pension benefits, among other demands.

A high-level committee comprising representatives of the IBA and UFBU will now be formed to discuss the demand for declaring the remaining Saturdays as holidays and to work towards a solution acceptable to all stakeholders. The Finance Ministry had earlier stated it had no commitment to implement the five-day banking week demand.

The strike was originally planned to address several issues, including the five-day banking week, pension benefits, and the Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for senior officers.

Written by urgent.news from Times of India's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

This story

This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.

Read the original at ndtv.com →

More in World

3 people killed and 4 injured in shooting at Michigan strip club, police say

Three people were killed and four others were injured when an argument led to gunfire at an after-hours strip club on Sunday morning in Detroit, officials said. Police responding to the 7.21am shooting on a largely residential street found three men who had been fatally shot, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison told reporters at a news…

More from Sunday 27 September →