UP: Strike of electricity workers ends after 72 hours, government accepts demands. Lucknow News Electricity Employees Meeting In Lucknow Over Strike
Shailendra Dubey, chairman of the Electricity Employees Joint Struggle Committee, said that the Energy Minister has accepted all their demands. In such a situation, all the cases registered so far will be finished. He said that he will continue to fight for the rights of electricity workers in the future.
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Lucknow: Continued in Uttar Pradesh from Thursday night strike The employees of Electricity Sangharsh Samiti have called off the strike today. The strike was called off today after talks regarding the selection of the chairman and managing director in power companies, as well as other issues. Let us tell you that the electricity workers had announced to be on strike till 10 pm last Sunday. Which is after three days i.e. 72 hours strike has been called off today after bilateral talks.
According to media reports, UP Government’s Energy Minister Arvind Kumar Sharma today held talks with Shailendra Dubey, head of Electricity Department Employees Joint Sangharsh Samiti and other employee leaders, after which Shailendra Dubey announced the end of the strike a day earlier. . He said that there is an appeal to all the electricity employees that they should return to their work as soon as possible.
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During this, Shailendra Dubey, chairman of the Electricity Employees Joint Struggle Committee, said that the Energy Minister has accepted all their demands. In such a situation, all the cases registered so far will be finished. He said that he will continue to fight for the rights of electricity workers in the future. But, now the government has assured to implement the agreement. Due to this the strike is being called off.
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More than 3 thousand contract workers were dismissed
Let us tell you that due to the strike of the electricity workers in UP, the power supply was getting obstructed. Due to which the Electricity Department had suspended 16 Executive Engineers and SDOs. Along with this, more than 3 thousand contract employees were dismissed. Along with this, cases were also filed against many leaders. However, due to the strike of electricity workers, power supply remained disrupted in many areas of Purvanchal. Due to which the general public may have to face a lot of trouble.
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