Amid strike threat, Fin Secy Sanjay Lohia calls bank chiefs’ meet to ensure services

New Delhi: Financial services secretary has called a meeting Monday with the heads of , or RRBs and to ensure uninterrupted banking operations and essential customer services during a proposed strike by employee unions.

The unions have called for a three-day strike from September 28.

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The All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) has demanded that the government should approve introducing a . “The next strike will be on 28, 29 and 30 September, three continuous days,” said.

“If it is still not solved, then from October 26 it will be a continuous indefinite strike.”

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The Centre has set up a crisis management group to deal with the proposed nationwide strikes by staff of public sector banks. Apart from managing exigencies of strikes lasting three days or more, the group works with banks to strengthen their standard operating procedures (SOPs) for ensuring business continuity.