Thursday, August 23, 2012

ATMs go dry as bank employees protest


Chennai:
Most of the ATMs across the city went dry as thousands of bank employees in the city joined the nation wide agitation protesting against proposed Banking Law (amendments) Bill, which is expected to come up in the parliament during the monsoon session, and several other issues.

On the first day of the strike in the city, thousands of employees

The convenor of  Tamil Nadu UFBU C M Baskaran told Express that the strike by employees was a huge success and they will staging demonstration in front of State Bank of Hyderabad in Moore Street on the second day of the strike on Friday.

SBI sources said that most of the ATMs in bank branches have gone dry but the offsite ATMs are still functioning as the cash is being loaded by people from outside. Tamil Nadu has about 7,000 public sector bank branches with about 70,000 employees.

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