Kerala Opposition Leader supports upcoming bank union strike

…policies of the Centre. Mr. Vijayan said the bank employees have been waging a bold struggle against the Central government’s covert moves to hand over the country’s public sector banks to corporate monopolies. The Union government’s decision to renege on the official agreement to declare Saturdays as holidays constitutes a gross betrayal of the employees , he said. It is entirely discriminatory for the Finance Ministry to ignore legitimate demands such as the restoration of the old pension scheme, while sidelining ordinary staff and granting substantial benefits…