Power employees stage protest against government's policies

SIRSA: Several employees belonging to 'All Haryana Power Workers Union' on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of 133 KV sub. Station situated at the local Barnala road to protest against the alleged anti-employee and anti-people policies of the Government like outsourcing and engaging workers on Contract Basis.

Their leaders Avinash Chander Kamboj and Surjeet Singh Bedi while addressing the workers alleged that the government's policy of outsourcing and engaging workers on contract basis would not only in the future of many employees but also would ultimately prove to be anti-people. They alleged the Government has already decided to lease 16 Power Sub Stations on contract and warned that the employees would never allow the government to adopt this anti-employee step.

They also warned the Government that they employees would never tolerate privatization in any form and would oppose it tooth and nail. They also alleged that the Government has not been regularizing the Part Time employees who have been serving for a long time and has also failed to fulfill the pending Vacancies.