Bank strike: how is virtual attention, are home banking and ATMs working?

This one Thursday, February 23 bankers associated with the Association of Banks (AB) are conducting a national strike in all branches in the country demanding salary increase through allowances that allow their wages to beat inflation.

As reported by the four chambers that gather the banks, they will “redouble their efforts to reduce inconvenience what such a measure of force can have for users”.

Precisely for this reason all online customer services will continue to operate during the day: this was confirmed by ABA (foreign entities), ADEBA (national private banks), Abappra (national and state private banks) and ABE (specialized entities).

Despite this, banks have asked customers to give it a try postpone face-to-face proceedings planned by the previous shift or trying to manage them through different channels virtual care.

For this reason, the press release reminds that “use of debit and credit cardsas well as electronic channels such as home bankingbanking applications and electronic wallets They will work normally.

Although the strike will disable banking services throughout the day, the cameras show “does not affect commercial and payment activities”. Therefore, also “ATMs will remain open and service terminals.

The bank strike: why it is being carried out and what La Bancaria is asking for

The trade union La Bancaria which leads Sergio Palazzo strike this Thursday, February 23, in view of that “inadmissible” last salary increase proposal sector chambers within the framework of joint discussions.

“The workers are angry with the banks that they won enough to present a better proposal“, explained the head of La Bancaria when announcing the measure.

According to Palazzo, the banks proposed “salary increase of 55% in three installments until the month of Novemberwith revision in the last quarter of the year or earlier if macroeconomic conditions in the country change”.

This is stated in the press release of the trade union organization formal offer of 29.5% per semester (11.5% for January and February, 9% in March and 9% in May with a review in that month), “This was not accepted by the union representatives”.

And, in dialogue with AM750noted Palazzo: “In a year, the banks increased packages for service users two to three times between 60 and 189 percent. Why do you think that we are asking for 60 percent as a floor is a lot or treatment similar to what they charge customers?”