Bank employees demand five-day work week, stage protest in Ongole
Bank employees in Ongole staged a protest as part of a nationwide strike organized by the United Forum of Bank Unions. Their demands include a five-day work week, uniform performance-linked incentives, and the restoration of the old pension scheme.
Why it matters
The strike reflects growing labor unrest in the public sector banking industry regarding work-life balance and compensation structures.
Around 800 members of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), representing employees’ and officers’ unions of seven banks, staged a protest in Ongole on Friday (September 11, 2026) as a part of nationwide bank strikes demanding a five-day working week and the resolution of other pending issues.
UFBU Prakasam District Convenor Rajiv Ratan Dev said, “The bank employees have been suffering severe workload due to growing business targets and staff crunch. Five-day work-week is essential for better work-life balance among the bank employees.”
He further said, “The Government of India’s revised Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for public sector bank was applicable to only senior executives (Scale IV officers and above). We demand that the PLI scheme be uniform for employees and officers.”
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