Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 31: The bank employees continued their strike across India for the second consecutive day against 2 per cent meager hike in wages.
Due to strike, the bank services remained disrupted, which also created problems for the people especially the business class.
A large number of bank employees under the banner of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), a forum comprising of 9 Unions an Associations representing a million strong memberships of officers and employees working in Public Sector Banks, Old Generation Private Sector Banks, Regional Rural Banks and Cooperative Banks in the country assembled at Bahu Plaza and held protest. The agitators raised slogans against the Govt and IBA and demanded immediate settlement of their demands.
Addressing the bank employees, Suresh Wali, State Secretary, AIBOC, J&K warned the Government that if the demands were not met in the near future, the bank employees will go on indefinite strike, without any fare of a wage cut which they face whenever they are on strike.