Powermen Completes All Preparation of 17th May Strike

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 15^th May:- The electricity employees of Chandigarh under the banner of U.T. Powermen Union Chandigarh today held rallies before the electricity office sector 10, 15 & 17 Chandigarh and completed the preparations of 17^th May, 2017 strike.

Union General Gopal Dutt Joshi, President Satpal Vice President Vijay Singh, Desh Raj Dhian Singh, Pardeep Sharma, Darshan Singh, Raj Pal, Amreek Singh, Kashmir Singh, Pan Singh & other leaders of the union pointed out that the strike is being observe for Stoppage the move to corporate / privatize the well running U.T. Electricity department Chandigarh, Filling up the vacant posts of promotional as well as direct quota without further delay,  Removal of pay anomalies of senior and junior employees working as ALM’s (The case of 93 Vs.94  batches), Offer of appointment to the next kin of deceased employees by scrapping 5% cealing on Punjab / PSPCL pattern, To check the increasing accidents & grant compensation to the dependent of the deceased  & those who become permanent disabled while working / performing duties (the case of  Vinay Kumar RTM), Amendments in recruitment rules of class I, II, III, IV categories of officers/ officials of electricity wing of Engineering Department U.T. Chandigarh, Setting up of centralize pay structure of U.T. Electricity Employees so as to check the pay parity etc., Renovations of Houses of Electricity colonies as per revised norms by providing sufficient budget as well as men and materials for maintenance and repair works, Restoration of electricity concession of the employees as per previous practice through bills instead of cash payment, Providing fault Locator Van, Boom Ladders & Procurement of material i.e. transformers cables, joints, meters, conductors, fuse wires, tubes, chocks etc. in the department so as to serve the public and provide uninterrupted power supply to the valuable consumers, Providing T & P, safety devices, uniforms, soap & oil to the field staff & stationary in offices, sitting arrangements and drinking water facilities in offices, 66 KV & 33 KV substations and complaint centers, Restrain the officers of electricity department for compelling the employees to do the jobs other than their assigned duties & stop the field staff to work in offices, The employees appointed through outsource agencies particularly the categories of LDC, Linemen & ALM’s be taken under the direct control of the department as they have been appointed against sanctioned posts by taking departmental exams and further request to release the salary of the said employees before 7^th of each month against salary  budged till their adjustment, Extension of services of 37 nos. of lorry drivers engaged through PESCO against HTV category instead of LMV category through another agency so as to avoid exploitation, Stoppage of pick & choose transfers of employees particularly the categories of Junior Engineers & peons (representation submitted), Fair & transparent transfer policy be framed of all categories of employees & officers including Superintending Engineer and till then all the transfers be stopped in public interest, Withdrawal of show cause notices issued to the ALM’s of various batches without any reasons regarding their promotion / appointment cases.    

The leaders while strongly condemned the negative attitude of the authority said that on the advice given by the Home Secretary U.T. Chandigarh, after serving the strike notice the S.E. Electricity and Chief Engineer called the delegation and started the negotiations but the most important demands of the employees still rename unresolved as the meeting has been called in the sake of formality and no sincere efforts have been made to implement the pending demands. Therefore union is firm to observe 17^th May, 2017 strike and blame that negative attitude of the authorities of the Chandigarh Administration is fully responsible for any  inconvenience to the public due to strike.