Members of the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) will be observing an anti-privatisation day on August 9 across all state capitals and Union Territories of the country.
The decision came following a meeting of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) held at New Delhi which was presided by P Rathnakar Rao, the secretary general of AIPEF.
V K Gupta, the spokesperson of AIPEF, said, “Shailendra Dubey, chairman, AIPEF, said that the meeting opposed the victimisation of UP Power Employees and Engineers after betraying the agreement made on March 19, 2023. He said that 124 employees were suspended and 2,400 contractual workers were removed from their jobs. They have not yet been reinstated. UP Power Corporation is planning to throw out all 70,000 contractual workers from the power sector, replacing them with ex-servicemen. NCCOEEE and all its constituents stand beside the UP power men.”
Gupta further informed that during the press meet on March 19 2023, UP Power Minister had requested the unions to call off their strike with specific commitment that all related matters of 3rd December 2022 settlement will be honoured. “The victimization has blatantly violated the promises made by the Power Minister before the media and the subsequent government press releases,” he added.
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