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Five Day Banking Inevitable

Image: AI-generated representative image The demand for five-day banking and work-life balance started when banks were u...

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Strike in Indian Overseas Bank – The Managing Director Should Avert It

Indian Overseas Bank was started in 1937 by M.Ct.M. Chidambaram Chettiar on 10 February 1937 and immediately had branche...

General Random Reflections

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The Supreme Court Is Not the Supreme Wisdom

“The Supreme Court is not the supreme wisdom” is not merely an emotional reaction; it is a political consciousness that ...

General Indian Economy

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Reclaiming the Right to Unionise

Will the success of the Amazon workers boost us to overcome our own challenges? A truly historic development took pla...

General Indian Economy

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Why Financial Sector Strike?

Banks and Insurance were in the hands of the Private Sector only till 1969. After the nationalisation of banks in 1969 a...

General Random Reflections

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Random Reflections- Future of Wage Revision and Trade Unions in Banking Sector – End of the Road?

After more than 3 years of negotiations, strikes and agitations, wage revision for bank employees has been signed on 11...

Indian Economy Random Reflections

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Stand in Solidarity with the Bank Union Strike

Bank unions All India Bank Employee’s Association and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) have called for a two-da...

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September 16, 2026

Thomas Franco

Image: AI-generated representative image The demand for five-day banking and work-life balance started when banks were understaffed due to long years of silent ban on recruitment, which was revoked after the All India Bank Officers Confederation gave a strike call. After 1993, the recommendations of...

General Indian Economy Random Reflections

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September 16, 2026

Thomas Franco

Strike in Indian Overseas Bank – The Managing Director Should Avert It

Indian Overseas Bank was started in 1937 by M.Ct.M. Chidambaram Chettiar on 10 February 1937 and immediately had branches in Burma and Singapore. It was nationalized on 19th July 1969 with 13 more banks. From a bank serving Nattukottai Chettiars, it has become a Bank for the Nation and has presence ...

General Random Reflections

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September 16, 2026

Devidas Tuljapurakar

The Supreme Court Is Not the Supreme Wisdom

“The Supreme Court is not the supreme wisdom” is not merely an emotional reaction; it is a political consciousness that points to the class limitations of power structures. The statement made by the Chief Justice of India during the hearing of the Public Interest Litigation Penn Thozhilalargal Sanga...

General Indian Economy

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April 11, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Reclaiming the Right to Unionise

Will the success of the Amazon workers boost us to overcome our own challenges? A truly historic development took place in the US earlier this month which has attracted little attention in India. The workers of tech giant Amazon’s New York warehouse forced the second-largest employer in their cou...

General Indian Economy

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May 27, 2021

Thomas Franco

Why Financial Sector Strike?

Banks and Insurance were in the hands of the Private Sector only till 1969. After the nationalisation of banks in 1969 and subsequently in 1980, the outreach of the banking sector changed. Banks became accessible to the common man. The reversal started in 1991. Between 1969 and 1991 the number of br...

General Random Reflections

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November 18, 2020

Thomas Franco

Random Reflections- Future of Wage Revision and Trade Unions in Banking Sector – End of the Road?

After more than 3 years of negotiations, strikes and agitations, wage revision for bank employees has been signed on 11.11.2020. For the award staff it is called Bipartite Settlement as they are covered under the Industrial Disputes Act and for officers it is called a Joint Note based on their barg...

Indian Economy Random Reflections

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January 10, 2019

CFA Admin

Stand in Solidarity with the Bank Union Strike

Bank unions All India Bank Employee’s Association and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) have called for a two-day nationwide strike today and tomorrow (January 8 and 9, 2019), in support of the general strike called by 10 Trade unions against the anti-worker policies of the government. All I...

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Five Day Banking Inevitable

Strike in Indian Overseas Bank – The Managing Director Should Avert It

The Supreme Court Is Not the Supreme Wisdom

Reclaiming the Right to Unionise

Why Financial Sector Strike?

Random Reflections- Future of Wage Revision and Trade Unions in Banking Sector – End of the Road?

Stand in Solidarity with the Bank Union Strike

Five Day Banking Inevitable

Strike in Indian Overseas Bank – The Managing Director Should Avert It

The Supreme Court Is Not the Supreme Wisdom

Reclaiming the Right to Unionise

Why Financial Sector Strike?

Random Reflections- Future of Wage Revision and Trade Unions in Banking Sector – End of the Road?

Stand in Solidarity with the Bank Union Strike

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