Set up to brawl against privatization of Chandigarh’s power division, the UT Powermen Union has given a require a three-day work strike from Tuesday, with a danger to expand the strike for an endless period on the off chance that the progress isn’t halted.
The fomenting workers dread that the division’s privatization will forecast an adjustment of their administration conditions, alongside higher power taxes for city inhabitants.
Different public and state-level representative associations have shown up to openly endorse the powermen who will begin the strike on the 12 PM of February 21.
The National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) has vowed hard and fast help to the unsettling workers.
VK Gupta, representative of All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF), said all power workers and designers of NCCOEEE constituent associations will sort out monstrous shows at all state capitals on the side of the counter privatization strike of Chandigarh power division workers.
In Chandigarh, the strike is relied upon to be joined by power area representatives and specialists from Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
A representative of Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) said, “It appears to be the focal government attracted no illustrations from comparable strikes Jammu and Kashmir, and Puducherry.”
“In a few decisions by the Supreme Court, it has been held that workers of an administration division can’t be moved to a privately owned business without their assent,” the representative added.
Prior, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had additionally voiced help for the association’s requests and strike call
Make elective game plans: UT power dept to MC
The UT power office has alarmed the Chandigarh metropolitan partnership in regards to the three-day strike of the UT powermen and requested that it orchestrate elective cause of supply in the event that any breakdown during the strike time frame.
MC has likewise been approached to make adequate capacity of fuel for diesel generator sets as gifted labor won’t be accessible for going to any power breakdowns and customer protests.
