The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Monday announced that around 15 lakh power sector workers will go on a nationwide strike for two days from February 23 to protest against the privatization announced by the Centre.
The federation said the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) has decided to go on a two-day nationwide strike on February 23 and 24 with the call given by All India Trade Unions.
The coordination committee has also decided that its leaders will meet the Punjab Governor on February 1 and submit a memorandum to him against the privatization of Chandigarh UT electricity department.
AIPEF President Shailendra Dubey also confirmed that around 15 lakh power workers and engineers across the country will go on strike on February 23 and 24 against the privatization policies of the central government.
He listed the main demands of the power sector employees including withdrawal of Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021, scrap decision of privatization of profit making power departments of Union Territories of Chandigarh, Dadra Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu and Puducherry.
Power workers also want the Center to integrate all unconnected power utilities in states like KSEB Ltd in Kerala and HPSEB Ltd in Himachal Pradesh, implement old pension scheme for all power employees recruited after demerger of SEB, Telangana Regularize all outsourced electricity employees like the government. What happened.
With inputs from PTI
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