Artisan workers to be made permanent soon

Mint compound: Telangana State Transco and Genco CMD D Prabhakar Rao on Thursday announced that artisan workers would be shortly made permanent. He assured that justice would be done to the piece rate workmen of the vigilance department.He was speaking at the unveiling of TS United Electricity Employees’ Union’s 2019 diary and calendar at the Vidyuth Meeting Hall on Thursday. 

He stated that the file pertaining to EPF to GPF issue of the permanent employees was pending with the government. It would be taken to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s notice as early as possible. 

Leaders of the union felicitated Rao who worked for the last 50 years in various capacities. Among those present were union president V Kumara Chary, vice-president K Eswara Rao, I Murali, V Govardhan, N Swamy, Prasad, Y Vikram Reddy, K Satyam, J Baswaraj, V Balraj, Sashikala and Kiran.Leaders of the union submitted a representation to Rao seeking pay scales and permanent orders to artisan workers and payment of wage arrears to JLMs recruits of 2011.