Relay Strike: PSU non-life & life insurance staff to strike
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Venkatachari Jagannathan ( IANS) |
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Tue, Mar 16 2021 13:18 IST |
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Chennai, March 16 : It is going to be a relay strike by unions in the public sector financial services sector domain.
After the two day strike Monday and Tuesday by the bankers, unions in the public sector general insurance companies and Life Insurance Corporation of India will go on strike on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
The unions in the non-life and life sectors will be going on strike protesting against the government s decision to privatise one of the general insurance companies, increasing foreign direct investment limit to 74 per cent and divest stakes in LIC by an initial public offer (IPO), union leaders told IANS.
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The four PSU non-life insurers are National Insurance Company Ltd, The New India Assurance Company Ltd, The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd and United India Insurance Company Ltd.
The two-day Nationwide bank strike caused a lot of inconvenience to the customers on services such as cash withdrawals, deposits, cheque clearances, remittance services.
However, branches of private-sector lenders like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank are open as they are not part of the strike.
It is going to be a relay strike by unions in the public sector financial services sector domain.
After the two-day strike Monday and Tuesday by the bankers, unions in the public sector general insurance companies and Life Insurance Corporation of India will go on strike on Wednesday(March 17) and Thursday (March 18), respectively.
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