🤝 SOLIDARITY BEYOND SECTORS — WORKERS STAND TOGETHER
The Petroleum & Gas Workers’ Federation of India (PGWFI) extends its firm solidarity and support to bank employees and officers participating in the nationwide strike from 28–30 September 2026.
From the oil and gas sector to banking, workers across sectors face common concerns — work pressure, vacancies, outsourcing, workers’ rights and dignified working conditions.
🤝 When workers stand together, the collective voice grows stronger.
Long Live Workers’ Unity! ✊
#WorkersUnity #PGWFI #UFBU #BankStrike #5DayBankingNow #5DayBanking #Bank #UFBU #AIBOC @aiboc_in
We are not robots.
We are not machines.
We are not AI tools.
We are bankers with families waiting at home, children who need us, and lives beyond late-night reviews and relentless targets.
Five-Day Banking is not a luxury.
It is dignity. It is justice. It is overdue.
After 30 months of a broken promise, we stand together.
Strike 28–30 September.
No fear. No retreat.
#5daybanking #SaveTheBanker #AIBOC
इंश्योरेंस पॉलिसी बेचने से लेकर सरकारी योजनाएं ग्राहक को टिकाने तक,
आज की डेट में बैंक कर्मचारियों पर इतना काम लादा हुआ है कि उनपर हुए सर्वे में ज्यादातर “हाई स्ट्रेस” में होने की बात बता रहे हैं।
जिन्हें काम देने में दो मिनट नहीं लगता उन्हें दो छुट्टी देने में धरती फट जा रही है
Dear Comrades,
The fight for Five-Day Banking must not be seen merely as a struggle for implementation of an agreement that has remained pending for more than 30 months. This is a fight for our existence, our dignity, our families and our fundamental right to a humane working life.
Public Sector Bank employees serve far more customers than our private-sector counterparts. Even with private banks accounting for a substantial share of the banking market, it is overwhelmingly the Public Sector Banks and their employees who carry the burden of Government-sponsored schemes, financial inclusion, social-sector banking and the last-mile delivery of public policy.
We work for institutions owned by the people and for a Government that expects us to reach every citizen. We have never shied away from that responsibility. But those who expect us to serve the nation must also recognise one simple truth:
We are not robots. We are not machines. We are not AI tools. We are human beings.
We have families waiting for us, children who need our time, parents who need our care, and lives beyond targets, reviews, late-night meetings and relentless workplace pressure.
We are not asking for privilege. We are asking for dignity, balance and justice.
The growing culture of excessive working hours, constant pressure and an increasingly toxic work environment cannot become the new normal. Five-Day Banking is one important step towards restoring humanity to our workplaces.
Save the banker. Save the banking family. Respect the commitment already made.
Five-Day Banking is not a luxury.
It is not an unreasonable demand.
It is a just demand whose time has come.
Let us stand together, for ourselves, for our families and for the generations of bankers who will come after us.
Five-Day Banking is For Dignity. For Family. For a Humane Workplace.
March ahead with courage and unity for the three-day strike from 28th to 30th September and make it a resounding success. No fear, no threat and no intimidation can weaken our collective resolve. Officers and employees stand together , we are all strikers in this historic struggle.
General Secretary
AIBOC
बैंकरों पर लगातार काम का दबाव बढ़ाना समाधान नहीं है। बैंकर भी इंसान हैं, उन्हें परिवार और आराम का समय मिलना चाहिए। सरकार और बैंक प्रबंधन से मांग है कि 5-Day Banking लागू करने पर तत्काल सार्थक संवाद शुरू कर समयबद्ध निर्णय लिया जाए। #5DayBankingNow#StandWithBankers
RBI, DFS, Ministry, LIC, NPCI, BSE, NSE... जब देश के वित्तीय और सरकारी तंत्र के इन सभी बच्चों को 5-Day Work Week का आराम मंज़ूर है, तो फिर सिर्फ 'बैंकर' के साथ ही यह सौतेला व्यवहार क्यों?🧐
अब अपीलों का नाटक नहीं चलेगा—Strike Stands! #5DaysBanking
देश की इकॉनमी को चौबीसों घंटे चलाने वाले बैंक कर्मचारियों के आत्मसम्मान और अधिकारों के साथ अब और समझौता नहीं। No positive response from IBA/DFS means our fight continues!
28, 29 और 30 सितंबर की हड़ताल को सफल बनाएं! ✊🏦
#BankStrike#5DaysBankingNow
Please go through the posts and observe carefully the narrative being created by the Government/DFS and certain sections of the media.
On one hand, the Management is being projected as if it is deeply concerned about the welfare of bankers and the inconvenience being faced by the public. But when an officer or employee makes even a minor mistake under immense workload and pressure, the same system is quick to issue a chargesheet and initiate disciplinary proceedings, often without adequately considering the circumstances in which the work was performed.
We must also understand how the narrative around our agitation is being shaped. Suddenly, there appears to be a strong attempt to portray bankers as responsible for inconvenience to the common public and to suggest that essential banking work is being stopped because of our legitimate demands.
The reality is that bankers are not against the public. Bankers are themselves part of the working public.
We serve customers every day, handle Government-sponsored schemes, financial inclusion, recovery, compliance, digital banking, credit, reporting and countless additional responsibilities—often beyond normal working hours.
Our demand for 5 Days Banking is not a demand against customers. It is a demand for a better and more sustainable working system for the people who keep the banking system running.
Let us not allow a carefully created narrative to divide us from the public.
We respect our customers.
We respect our responsibilities.
And we also demand respect for the bankers who serve the nation every day.
5 Days Banking — Our Legitimate Demand.
Unity • Discipline • Solidarity
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Dear Government,
अगर #5DaysBanking पर चर्चा के लिए “STAKEHOLDERS” को ढूँढना इतना ही मुश्किल है, तो समाधान बहुत आसान है.
हर मंत्रालय, सरकारी विभाग और RBI में भी शनिवार की छुट्टी समाप्त कर दीजिए।
एक देश। एक तर्क। एक समान कार्य-सप्ताह। ✊🔥#5DayBankingNow
Ignoring us will not weaken our resolve. It will only strengthen it.
We are united, determined and ready to continue our struggle. ✊
We will not stop. We will not surrender. We will stop only when we achieve #5DayBankingNow
Our Demand. Our Resolve. Our Struggle.
@fboioa_india
Bankers have accepted longer working hours during the five working days.
They continue to serve customers, support businesses and contribute to the nation's economic activity.
The 5-day banking proposal is not a new demand. It follows an understanding reached in March 2024.
The time for further delay is over. Implement 5-Day Banking now.
#5DayBankingNow #FBOIOA
@nilesh_pawar15@aiboc_in@fboioa_india@PMOIndia@rupamsmail@UFBUIndia
UPI, mobile banking and digital payments have transformed how India banks.
When technology has moved forward so dramatically, the banking workforce should not remain tied to an outdated six-day schedule.
It is time to align working practices with modern banking.
#5DayBankingNow #FBOIOA #AIBOC
Every banker understands what commitment means.
A commitment to customers.
A commitment to the institution.
A commitment to the nation.
When bankers honour their commitments every single day, a commitment reached through collective bargaining deserves equal respect.
Honour the commitment. Implement 5-Day Banking NOW.
@nsitharamanoffc@PMOIndia
#5DayBankingNow #5DayBanking
We are not asking for a favour. We are asking for a fair work-life balance.
Bankers have continuously delivered—more business, more services, more targets and greater responsibilities.
If the banking system expects more from its workforce, it must also respect their time, health and family life.
5-Day Banking is not a luxury. It is a long-pending, reasonable demand.
One workforce. One voice.
One demand — #5DayBankingNow!
#FBOIOA @PMOIndia@narendramodi@FinMinIndia@nsitharaman@DFS_India@aiboc_in