Electricity employees' protest deferred for 15 days following CPDL's agreement to most demands. Chandigarh 21 July ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : The union has deferred the protest scheduled for tomorrow, July 22, 2026, for the next 15 days after the CPDL management agreed to most of the demands and assured their implementation within a specific timeframe. During a two-and-a-half-hour meeting held today between CPDL and union office-bearers, assurances were given regarding employee promotions, absorbing contract workers onto the company rolls, implementing circulars for time-bound promotion scales and ACP, converting part-time staff to full-time roles, and providing uniforms, education allowances, safety equipment, and raincoats. Commitments were also made to implement revised DC rates, resolve issues related to APAR filing, provide risk duty and shift duty allowances along with electricity allowances to field staff, and immediately clear all outstanding employee dues. Following ...
Municipal Employee Welfare Association Kharar holds massive protest rally under the banner of Safai Sewak Union Punjab
Municipal Employee Welfare Association Kharar holds massive protest rally under the banner of Safai Sewak Union Punjab Kharar 13 July ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Today, a massive protest rally was taken out by Kharar Municipal Employee Welfare Association Kharar on the call of Safai Sewak Union Punjab. A large number of municipal employees, supervisors and other employees participated in this rally. The rally was taken out from the main market and different parts of the city. Talking to reporters, union president Amit Kumar said that the union had put forward some demands before the government for a long time, which have not been fulfilled till now. That is why we are taking out this rally today as a protest. He demanded that outsourced employees be taken on contract, contract employees be made permanent, salaries be increased and old pensions be restored. He said that the sanitation workers who are outsourced get only Rs 10,000 per month, which is not even enough to support a family....