Ludhiana, May 16 -- Outsourced and regular employees of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), held a demonstration on the premises of the four sub-division level offices in Ludhiana on Thursday demanding their long-pending demands of regularisation of outsourced employees and better wages.

The protest held under the banner of the PSPCL and Transco Contract Workers' Union comes ahead of a nationwide strike called by central trade unions on May 20, which the union has decided to join.

Balihar Singh, state president, Powercom and Transco Contractual Workers' Union, said that many of these employees have worked in the department for over a decade without any job security, benefits, or career progression. "These workers often p...