అధిక పనిభారంతో సతమతమవుతున్న బ్యాంకు ఉద్యోగులు ఐదు రోజుల పని దినాల డిమాండ్ అమలు కోసం ఎప్పటినుంచో ఎదురుచూస్తున్నారు.
ఉదయం బ్యాంకులు తెరిచినప్పటి నుంచి కస్టమర్లను డీల్ చేయడంతో పాటు, బ్యాక్ ఎండ్ వర్క్, టార్గెట్లు, కరెన్సీ లెక్కలు చూసుకోవడంలో రోజంతా గడిచిపోతుంది. చాలామంది రాత్రి తొమ్మిది, పది గంటల వరకు కూడా పని చేయాల్సి వస్తుంది. గత పదేళ్లలో డిజిటల్ బ్యాంకింగ్, యూపీఐ లావాదేవీలు గణనీయంగా పెరగడం, ఏటీఎంలు అందుబాటులోకి రావడంతో ఖాతాదారులు శాఖలకు రావడం తగ్గింది. అయినప్పటికీ బ్యాంకు ఉద్యోగుల పనిభారం తగ్గడం లేదు.
బ్యాంక్ ఉద్యోగుల డిమాండ్పై కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వం సానుకూలంగా స్పందించి వారానికి ఐదు రోజుల పని విధానాన్ని అమలు చేయాలని డిమాండ్ చేస్తున్నాం.
@rupamsmail When the government wants something → Sunday becomes working day.
When bankers want something promised in 2024 → “still under consideration”.
Tomorrow is not just a working Sunday.
It’s dictatorship dressed as “customer convenience”.
#BlackSunday#5DayBankingNow
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
Every 24x7 banking service has a banker behind it and a family waiting at home. We agreed to the 5-day week in March 2024 and accepted longer weekday hours. The regulator, the insurer and the Government all work 5 days.
Our demand is just. The delay is not.
#5DayBankingNow #AIBOC @PMOIndia
Demonstrations across the country are a call to action; it is time to implement the long-awaited 5-day banking commitment. #5DayBankingNow#AIBOC@PMOIndia
Bankers keep India connected 24×7.
But behind every transaction, target and deadline is a human being, with a family, responsibilities and a life beyond the branch.
A 5-day week was agreed in March 2024, with bankers accepting longer working hours from Monday to Friday.
The demand is reasonable. The commitment is proven. The delay is difficult to justify.
Implement 5-Day Banking now.
@PMOIndia@narendramodi@FinMinIndia@nsitharaman@DFS_India
#5DayBankingNow
It's high time the Government approves the 5-day banking agreement from March 2024; bank employees deserve this fair treatment. #5DayBankingNow#AIBOC@PMOIndia https://t.co/7xbrDXxy9V
Delay in implementing the agreed 5-day banking week is unfair to bank employees who have already accepted the new terms. #5DayBankingNow#AIBOC@PMOIndia
Each working Saturday taken from bank staff is a missed moment with family; the promised 5-day banking must be enforced now. #5DayBankingNow#AIBOC@PMOIndia
Each working Saturday taken from bank staff is a missed moment with family; the promised 5-day banking must be enforced now. #5DayBankingNow#AIBOC@PMOIndia
Every 24x7 banking service has a banker behind it and a family waiting at home. We agreed to the 5-day week in March 2024 and accepted longer weekday hours. The regulator, the insurer and the Government all work 5 days.
Our demand is just. The delay is not.
#5DayBankingNow #AIBOC @PMOIndia
Today they are enjoying HOLIDAY (Saturday) with family @nsitharamanoffc@PMOIndia
➡️DFS
➡️MoF
➡️RBI
➡️NPCI
➡️BSE
➡️NSE
➡️SEBI
➡️CLC
➡️IRDAI
➡️LIC
➡️NABARD
🔴But, Bankers shall work on Saturdays. Government doesn't consider them humans...📢
#5DayBankingNow#AICBOF
Delay in implementing the agreed 5-day banking week is unfair to bank employees who have already accepted the new terms. #5DayBankingNow#AIBOC@PMOIndia