Announcing this at a press meet here today, leaders of SBI Staff Union and SBI Officers Association said the strike was a follow-up of the one-day all-India “stay-away” of bank employees on January 25. The employees would go on an indefinite strike towards the end of March if the managements and the government continued to reject their demands, SBI Staff Union (Kerala circle) President K Raja Kurup and Officers Association leader K Rajeevan said. Besides employees from all public sector banks, the staff of the bulk of scheduled commercial banks would also join the stir, they said. The demands of the unions include stoppage of outsourcing, revival of compassionate appointment scheme and filling of vacancies. Read More