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Italian banking unions said the strike was “a great success”, adding that take-up had been solid. Official figures were not available and a BNL representative had no comment.
“The bank’s internal offices were completely deserted and remained closed as did most branches,” Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin said in a joint statement.
Workers are protesting against BNL’s decision to use external providers for IT and back office services, a move that unions said affects 90 out of a total of 11,500 BNL employees in its central offices and around 700 branches across Italy.
Unions have also voiced grievances about BNL’s sale to Worldline of an 80% stake in its card payment processing business Axepta Italy.
