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As the two percent wage hike failed to convince the bank unions, nearly 1 million #bank employees will go on strike which kicks off at 6 AM. Murli)Bengaluru: About a lakh employees of 22 state-run and affiliated banks in Karnataka participated in the nationwide two-day strike called by bank employees’ trade unions to press for wage revision and other benefits, a trade union official said on Wednesday. However, private banks, including ICICI, HDFC, Axis and Kotak Mahindra, are open for business. Disrupting transactions across the country employees of public sector banks will go on a two-day #nationwide strike starting today. “The response to our strike call has been total as about one lakh bank employees, including officers, are staying away from work across the state in support of our demands, especially wage revision,” All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) General Secretary Y.
Sudarshan told IANS here..