Ludhiana, Aug. 8 -- After a meeting between the power minister, power corporation management, and representatives of major electricity employee unions ended in a deadlock on Wednesday, electricity workers across the state have announced a mass leave protest from August 11 to 13, threatening to bring power department operations to a standstill.

The protest is being led jointly by several key unions, including the PSEB Employees Joint Forum, Bijli Mulazim Ekta Manch Punjab, Association of Junior Engineers, Grid Sub-Station Employees Union, Powercom/Transco Pensioner Union Etka Punjab, and the Pensioner Welfare Federation (Pehlwan) of Powercom and Transco.

Union leaders said the Wednesday meeting failed to yield any outcome as the manageme...