RRB employees to go on strike on Aug 20

All regional rural bank employees association has called for a nation wide strike on August 20 to protest against outsourcing and contractual labour, among other things.

The association would be joining the Committee of Central Trade Unions and Federal Bodies of Bank, Insurance, government employees, railways etc to voice their demands.

Therir demands include effective implementation of existing labour laws, rising food prices and inflation, social security for the entire organised and unorganised sector, it said in a release.

The association said it supports all the demands raised in the National Convention of the Sponsoring Committee.