Preparations for the February 12th strike are in full swing. Gate meetings were held at four locations today

Preparations for the February 12th strike are in full swing. Gate meetings were held at four locations today

Chandigarh 7 February ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) :  Employees of the UT and Municipal Corporation are fully engaged in preparations to make the strike called by the Federation of UT Employees and Workers, Chandigarh, on February 12, 2026, a success. In connection with the strike preparations, gate meetings were held today at the electricity office in Industrial Area Phase 1, the Municipal Corporation horticulture booth in Sector 8, the Solid Waste management booth in Sector 25, and the road booth in Sector 29. Addressing the gate meetings, Federation President Gopal Dutt Joshi, President Rajendra Katoch, General Secretary Harkesh Chand, Vice President and General Secretary of CSC Horticulture M.M. Subramaniam, President of UT Power Man Union Amrik Singh, Secretary Vinay Prasad Bhatt, Virender Singh, Tek Raj, Mul Chand, Ajmer Singh, Harjinder Singh, and Vice Presidents of CSC Horticulture Department Budhram, Baldev Singh, Ayyappan, President of Public Health Harpal Singh, Vice President Harjit Singh, Rajkumar, Tejmani, and others appealed to all employees to participate in the strike on February 12th. 

They stated that the strike is being held to demand: the immediate implementation of a 20% interim relief by determining the terms and conditions of the Eighth Pay Commission; the repeal of the four labor codes created by replacing 29 labor laws; the regularization of all types of temporary employees who have completed 10 years of service and the implementation of equal pay for equal work until regularization; bringing outsourced employees under the direct control of the departments; repealing the PFRDA Act and restoring the old pension scheme; stopping the privatization of departments; filling all vacant promotional posts in all departments immediately and regularizing contract employees in direct recruitment posts; adjusting electricity employees transferred to private companies by the Chandigarh administration back into the administration's electricity department and other departments; revoking the dismissal orders of crèche workers and helpers and reinstating them; reinstating employees who were retired at 60 instead of 65 years of age; bringing the parks and green belts under the control of the Horticulture Department; revoking the ESMA imposed on the electricity and transport departments; withdrawing the FIRs registered against the employees; repealing Articles 310, 311 2 A B C of the Constitution; immediately reinstating the employees laid off by the Municipal Corporation; increasing the ESI deduction limit to at least 50,000; implementing the Central Government Health Scheme for UT employees; providing jobs to the dependents of deceased employees by removing the 5% ceiling; and implementing DC rates for crèche/Anganwadi workers. The strike is being held in support of demands such as providing oil, soap, and uniforms to employees immediately. Federation officials appealed to employees of all departments to participate in large numbers in the strike on February 12th and make the rally being held in Sector 17 a success.