QUETTA, July 25: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union (CBA), Balochistan, will launch a protest movement against the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) from Aug 2, for ignoring demands of the union.

This decision was taken at a joint meeting of the provincial cabinet, executive committee, zonal and divisional office-bearers of the union here on Sunday. Union chief Said Mohammad Lehri presided over the meeting.

The meeting observed that the Qesco and Wapda authorities were not giving importance to the union despite its CBA status, and making decisions on their own regarding employees.

Participants were informed that the Wapda and Qesco administrations had failed to resolve the problems of workers and other employees. Some vested interests tried to keep the Qesco chief away from workers and employees, which was creating unrest among the workers of the company.

The meeting also expressed deep concern over manhandling and kidnapping of Wapda workers during a campaign against the people involved in power theft. Participants observed that Wapda and Qesco were not taking steps for workers' protection.

Speaking on the occasion, union's senior vice-president Mohammad Ramzan Achakzai said it was a matter of great concern that Qesco was not implementing the decision of 40 per cent allowance for Wapda employees working in the interiors of the province and 20 per cent for those serving in Quetta. The company has not implemented a decision of 20 per cent job quota fixed for the children of employees.