Hundreds of senior
subordinates working as Line Superintendent, Grid Operator, Test Inspector in a
large conference held under the aegis of All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric
Workers Union CBA at Bakhtiar Labour Hall Lahore. Have demanded to electricity
management to bring the contract employees working for years satisfactorily in
the distribution companies to be brought on regular cadre in accordance with
the settlement reached with CBA Trade Union and upgrade the senior subordinates working for decades and
promote them against lawful prescribed quota @ 25% posts of Junior Engineer who
have rendering services diligently day and night to maintain and upgrade
distribution national system.
Those demands had been raised in a resolution
passed by the meeting of the Senior Subordinates. The meeting was addressed by
Veteran Trade Union Leader Khurshid Ahmad General Secretary of this union. The
meeting was also addressed by Maqsood Ahmad Qureshi Chairman Line
Superintendent Committee, Sohail Ahmad, Mian Shahbaz, Muhammad Akram and other
representatives of the union.
By another resolution, the participants urged the
distribution management to get filled up vacant posts in the companies
numbering 53000 to ease the load of heavy work upon the line staff and day to
day rising quantum of work and retirement of senior personnel every day and
provide adequate standard safety equipment to the line staff including bucket
fitted vehicle to save them from the tragic accidents.
The house pledged to
spare no effort to prevent theft of electricity and recovery of revenue of
electricity and demanded to the management to provide security to the field
staff against lawless elements alike in Railways.
Press Release and
Photographs from Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central
Labour Union (C.B.A).
Osama
Tariq Joint
Additional General Secretary
Pakistan
Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union
C.B.A Lahore Pakistan.
Bukhtiar Labour Hall
28 Nisbet Road Lahore.
