2 weeks ago
Bank Employees in Ongole Protest for Five-Day Work Week
People who work at banks in India help customers every day, but some of them are not happy with their work schedule.
They want to work only five days a week, like bank workers in many other countries.
On Wednesday, a group of bank workers got together to show how they feel.
They stood outside the State Bank of India office in a city called Ongole.
They held a big protest so their bosses would listen to them.
The group's name is the United Forum of Bank Unions, or UFBU for short.
A leader named Rajiv Ratan Dev spoke for the workers.
He said they want a five-day work week and some other things too.
The workers say banks in other countries already give their staff five days off.
They want banks in India to do the same thing.
Members of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) staged a mass demonstration in Ongole on Wednesday.
The protest was held in front of the Regional Office of State Bank of India.
Bank employees are demanding a five-day work week for banks in India.
UFBU Prakasam district convener Rajiv Ratan Dev said the protest covers the five-day workweek demand and other pending demands.
Union leaders said all countries are implementing a five-day workweek system for banks and demanded its implementation in India.
- Who
- Bank officers and employees under the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU)
- What
- Staged a mass demonstration demanding a five-day work week for banks and other pending demands
- Where
- In front of the Regional Office of State Bank of India in Ongole
- When
- Wednesday
- Why
- To protest for the implementation of a five-day workweek system in India, which union leaders say all countries already follow
Key facts
- Union
- United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU)
- Protest location
- Regional Office of State Bank of India, Ongole
- UFBU district convener
- Rajiv Ratan Dev (Prakasam district)
- Key demand
- Five-day work week for bank employees
- Additional demands
- Other pending demands besides the five-day work week
- Day of protest
- Wednesday
- Country
- India










