Last week (2nd February), Hundreds of Electricity Industry workers belonging to WAPDA/Elecy. Distribution, National
Transmission and Generation Companies held a
mass Rally at Nisbat Road before Bakhtiar Labour Hall Lahore to commemorate the victory of PSI Affiliate the All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union in the nationwide
referendum by secret ballot for next three years under the supervision of Joint
Registrar of Trade Union National Industrial Relations Commission of
Pakistan on the directions of the Honourable Division Bench of Islamabad High Court in by
Securing 97860 Votes from all over the country including all provinces and Islamabad Federal
Capital. Other Trade Union namely
Pakistan Wapda Workers Pegham Union, Pakistan Wapda Employees Insaf Union and
Pakistan Wapda Pasban Union got
very limited votes. Pakistan Wapda Pegham Employees Union was defeated
consecutively in the five nationwide referendums held earlier.
At the Rally Veteran Trade Union Leader Khurshid Ahmed General Secretary
of the union thanked thousands of Elecy./WAPDA
workers for casting their votes in favour of the union and make success the union in the referendum. The workers gathered from
the various parts of the city at Nisbat Road Lahore in front of Labour Hall and chanted slogans long live
Pakistan and Workers Unity and their struggle. He declared that the Democratic Trade Union Movement in every society plays
a key role to maintain and strengthen social
democratic system and promotes social justice and raise the dignity of working
men and women and their fight against
the exploitative forces in order to establish an egalitarian society as pronounced
by the Father of the Nation. Eley./WAPDA is the largest national public utility
organization of employees having large
number of workforce. Thus, their representative and workers of Trade Union are
not only to plays an exemplary
role for strengthening the democratic order of nation, but also defend and promote
the fundamental rights of the working class and down trodden people of the
nation.
Khurshid Ahmed , also declared that this nationwide referendum was held today
sixth time symbolizes the victory of democratic forces in the county. He added
that the union has been making every effort to raise the productivity of the
national public utilities
WAPDA/Elecy and help to overcome the load shedding and promotion of the welfare
of the workers in the national
public utility and ensure Better Quality of their lives and had been able to
prevent the privatization of the national electricity public
utility twice consecutively in the year 2013 and 2016 through concreted struggle of the working class. He
declared that the union would spare no efforts not only for providing
Better Services to Electricity Consumers numbering 25 Million, but also to
improve the working and living
conditions of the workers.
The meeting was also addressed by Ch. Muhammad Younas, Rana Abdul Shakoor, Ch. Maqsood Ahmed, Rana
Muhammad Akram, Muzaffar Mateen, Muhammad Tariq, Akbar AN Khan Additional
General Secretary and Osama Tariq, Ms. Rubina Jameel, Ch. Muhammad Anwar representatives of All Pakistan Workers
Confederation. It was decided that the workers would observe "Thank Giving
Day" on 3rd February 2017 all over the country and would pledge to
continue to make concreted struggle to
achieve the objectives for the welfare of the workers and improve the working
of the national public utility and defeat the divisive forces.
Osama Tariq
All Pakistan Wapda Hydro
Electric Workers Union CBA
Bukhtiar Labour
Hall 28 Nisbet Road Lahore.
OSAMA TARIQ pwf@brain.net.pk
Phone:- 0333-4276811
