INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A section of PSU bank employees would go on a two-day strike on January 8 and 9 in support of nation-wide strike call given by 10 central
Federation of India has informed Indian Banks' Association (IBA) of two-day nationwide strike on January 8-9, 2019, IDBI Bank said in a
filing to BSE.In a separate filing to BSE, Bank of Baroda said "in event of AlBEA and BEFI proceeding on strike on January 8-9, 2019,
functioning of bank's branches/offices in some of zones may be affected."Ten central trade unions -- INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC,
AICCTU, UTUC, TUCC, LPF and SEWA -- have also called for a nationwide general strike on January 8-9, against "anti-people" policies of
Centre and have placed a charter of 12 demands before central government.Earlier on December 26, 2018, nine bank unions or close to 1
million employees of various banks, including private lenders, had observed a one-day strike to protest against proposed amalgamation of
