Chandigarh:07.05.2026: All India State Bank of India Staff Federation (AISBISF) has given a call for nation wide strike on 25th and 26th May 2026. The call is given by the federation because the issues pertaining to Award Staff (Clerical and Sub-ordinate) are pending with management from a very long time and the behaviour of the management has turned deaf towards these issues.

Sh. Iqbal Singh Malhi, General Secretary SBI Staff Association, Chandigarh Circle organised a Press Meet at Chandigarh to apprise the media about the demands of the Award Staff. The issues/demands/problems of a collective nature are generally resolved through bilateral discussions. Where a regular settlement is called for under the Industrial Dispute Act, issues/demands/problems are resolved by signing settlements. Issues/demands/problems are also resolved by reducing bilateral understandings into writing by way of minutes. The issues/demands/problems are also resolved through communication. The bilateral machinery so established has not been working satisfactorily for quite some time. Mal-implementation / non-implementation of settlements/agreements/understandings has become the order of the day. settlements/agreements/understandings are violated with impunity.

The following are the issues/demands/problems connected with the strike action.

1. Recruitment of Messengers

2. Recruitment of Armed Guards

3. Change of Pension Fund Manager option to NPS Employees

4. Inter Circle Transfers to employees joined from 2019 onwards

5. Stop Outsourcing of Permanent Jobs

6. Recruitment of Adequate Staff

7. Parity Issue in State Bank of India

8. Review of Career Progression Scheme

9. Notional 8th Stagnation Increment to 10th Bipartite Retirees

10. Physician Consultation Charges w.e.f 15.07.2024

11. Improvement in Medical Reimbursement Scheme

12. Add all pay components to the pension of 7th BPS retirees since retirement

13. Resolve HRMS issues

14. Appointment of Workmen Employee Director

15. Appointment of PF Trustee Nominee

16. Stop Mis-selling in the name of Cross-Selling