A large section of employees and managers of Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) launched a hunger strike in front of the bank headquarters here on Tuesday demanding that the management convene a joint conference of officers and employees.
The protestors under the banner of the Kerala Gramin Bank Employees Union (KGBEU) and the Kerala Gramin Bank Officers Union (KGBOU) were on the warpath for several weeks demanding a joint conference. They launched the hunger strike after their week-long day-night protest failed to move the management.
CITU State general secretary Elamaram Kareem inaugurated the protest. He said the trade unions in Kerala would not permit a public sector bank chairman to behave like a private dictator.
Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) president C.J. Nandakumar, State vice president T. Narendran, National Federation of Regional Rural Bank Employees president Nagbhushan Rao, and NGO Union area secretary V. Vijit spoke.
