Chandigarh: Despite Kataria’s assurance, power staff set to go on strike on December 6
Hindustan TimesDespite UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria’s fresh assurance that the benefits of employees will be protected amid privatisation of Chandigarh’s power sector, the UT Powermen Employees Union remained firm in its decision to proceed with its protest on Friday. New trust will protect employees’ interest: Kataria In response to employees’ concerns, Kataria assured that to protect the interests of those being transferred to the Chandigarh Power Distribution Limited, a new trust— the Chandigarh Electricity Employees Master Trust— will be established. Furthermore, the Chandigarh Electricity Reforms Transfer Scheme has been put in place to regulate the transition of functions from UT to CPDL, ensuring that employees’ accrued service benefits, including government entitlements before the transfer, are fully recognised. He added, “If the department is handed over to a private company without protecting employees’ service conditions, we will announce an indefinite work boycott during the December 6 protest.” This is not the first time tensions have flared between the union and the administration.
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