On August 27th, TBB's union proposed a march to protest the merger and to call for greater professionalism in bank operations. Union members expressed great discontent with what they called a "gift-style merger" and unanimously put forward a strike resolution. The resolution passed with the support of 3,457 of the bank's 4,000-plus employees.
8 月 27 日，台企銀工會發動員工進行「反合併、要專業」大遊行，強烈表達對於「贈與式合併案」的不滿，並一併舉行「罷工票決」，在四千多名員工中，3457 人投票贊成罷工。