Bank strike: Services to be affected as 9 unions call for strike against Vijaya, Dena, BoB merger

Bank services will be affected today as nine bank unions, with close to 1 million employees, have again called for a nation-wide bank strike against the proposed merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB). This is second bank strike within a week against the merger of these state-owned banks. Before this, the state-run bank unions had conducted strike on December 21. Most of the state-owned banks have already informed their customers about the bank strike call given by the unions, but banking and ATM services could still be affected due to holidays. However, private banks will remain functional.