After serving our Strike Notice, there has been tension and disturbances in the borders warranting review of our strike call. In the meantime, 10th evening Ceasefire has also been announced. However, since the situation is not fully normal, and taking into account the prevailing situation, the Central Trade Unions held a meeting today to review the strike call. Accordingly, the meeting has decided to postpone the nationwide General Strike against the antilabour, anti-people policies of the Government to 9 th July.

We have already informed that as decided in our Central Committee meeting, AIBEA will be participating in the ensuing nationwide General Strike on 20th May, 2025.
After that we contacted the various Unions in the Banks and insurance sector for a possible joint observation of the strike in the financial sector. Besides AIBOA and BEFI, All India Insurance Employees Association (AIIEA), All India LIC Employees Federation (AILICEF) and All India National Life Insurance Employees Federation (AINLIEF) informed that they are also joining the strike. Other Unions expressed their fraternal support to the strike.

The eagerly awaited 3rd National Youth & Women Convention was successfully held at the historic city of Jalandhar in Punjab. It was in our Bengaluru working committee meeting held in July, 2024, we took a decision to organise our 3rd National Young Men & Women Convention in 2025.
True to their commitment and ever readiness, our Punjab unit plunged into action and put all arrangements in place.

As long as the general population remains passive, apathetic, and distracted by consumerism or remains silent against exploitation of the vulnerable, the powerful can act as they please, leaving those who survive to contemplate the outcome.
May Day 2025 is a reminder to all of us not to remain passive or silent when we observe that there is intensified and aggravated exploitation of the working class. It is clear that the Government is following policies that benefit the rich and hurt the poor masses.

UFBU CIRCULAR NO. 7 Dt. 29-4-2025: “Our members are aware that consequent to our call for Strike, the Chief Labour Commissioner of the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, held two rounds of conciliation meetings on 18-3-2025 and 21-3-2025 wherein it was decided, in view of the discussions with the IBA and the officials of the Dept. of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance and the assurances of the CLC, to postpone our two days’ strike action. Subsequently, IBA had called us for a round of bipartite discussions on 23-4-2025, the outcome of which has been informed to members in our previous circular.