The Complaint Handling Bike (CHB) and Complaint Handling Wagon (CHW) workers, who had been protesting for more than a week against the outsourced system of recruitment, ended their strike on Sunday after the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) announced that it would directly engage eligible outsourced workers on a contractual basis after technical screening and experience verification. Outsourced workers’ protest that went on for over a week affected routine operations. (HT File) More than 1,000 outsourced workers in Ludhiana were participating in the strike, their union stated. The protesting workers, most of whom handle complaint attendance, local fault restoration, transformer breakdowns, and emergency field operations, had been demanding the removal of the contractor-based hiring system. The announcement, which was made by the PSPCL’s Patiala office on Sunday, mentioned in its proposed mechanism that outsourced workers possessing technical qualifications and having three or more years of experience would be eligible for immediate direct contractual engagement with PSPCL. Workers having technical qualifications but less than three years of experience would become eligible after completing the required …