State Bank of India Workers Launch Nationwide Strike
Hundreds of thousands of workers at the State Bank of India (SBI), the nation's largest public sector bank, launched a comprehensive two-day nationwide strike. The coordinated industrial action protests severe inadequate staffing, dangerous shortages of armed guards, increasing workloads, and a growing pay disparity between officers and workmen following two years of failed negotiations.
Date: May 26, 2026
Location: Nationwide, India
Conflict: None
Category: protest
Severity: HIGH
Source: UNI Global Union