Staff picket office
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 26 2014 :
Work-Charge and Muster Roll employees of the State Power Department gheraoed the office complex of the Department by staging a sit-in-protest at its gate today.
They are demanding regularization of Work-Charge and Muster Roll employees.
Spearheaded by the Manipur Electricity Employees Union, the agitating employees earlier tried to march towards the State Assembly, which is currently on session.
As they were blockaded by the police near Johnstone Higher Secondary School, the employees turned back towards the office Chief Minister's residence and submitted a memorandum there.
Later, they staged a sit-in-protest at Department's gate disallowing anybody either to get in or move out of the office complex from around 10 am.
Union general secretary L Rajen said that the State Government has not taken up any step to regularise 364 Work-Charged and 38 Muster Roll employees, which has been a long standing demand of the union.
He said that the employees have decided to stage different forms of intense agitations until the demand is fulfilled.