Electricity contract workers seek regularisation, better pay

The United City Contract Workers Union is demanding the regularization of electricity contract workers and a minimum monthly salary of ₹48,000. Workers cite decades of service, job insecurity, and inadequate benefits as primary reasons for their protest.
The CITU-affiliated United City Contract Workers Union has urged the Andhra Pradesh government and power utilities to address the long-pending demands of electricity contract workers, stating that thousands of employees who have served the sector for nearly three decades continue to face low wages, job insecurity and inadequate social security benefits.
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