PSPCL employees hold protest

Contractual employees joined the regular employees of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and took out a protest rally against the government.

In a mass protest 14,000 technical staff proceeded on casual leave for three days. On the fourth day the protest was intensified after an additional 4,500 employees, working as complaint handling bike (CHB) on a contract basis also offered their solidarity with the employees on mass leave.

The regular employees below the sub-divisional officer (SDO) rank went on a three-day mass leave on Tuesday to press for their long-standing demands. Among their key demands were compensation and job provisions for the families of deceased workers.

The strike is the latest escalation in an ongoing protest, initially led by linemen, which has been underway for over a month.

The protesting staff is demanding compensation and job provisions for the families of those linemen who died during repairs and the regularisation of contractual employees. There are also demands for higher grade pay, arrears of the Pay Commission and increased safety measures. The employees are also pushing for an increase in staff to handle the workload more effectively.