On Saturday, representatives of two unions, Padma Reddy and E.Sridhar, expressed satisfaction over the Chief Minister’s initiative, and announced that they were calling off the strike. The TETUF had given the strike call, following non-fulfilment of an earlier promise of direct payment of wages, eliminating the outsourcing contractors. Power utilities would have to battle with a range of issues for regularisation of contract workers, as recruitments into the companies would have to follow an established procedure. The Government was exploring the possibilities of adding 20 per cent more weightage to contract workers by way of any other attribute. He urged the workers not to go for strike for other issues too, and solve them by holding consultations with the government.

Source: The Hindu December 03, 2016 16:39 UTC