"We have decided to extend our wholehearted support to Gul Panag as we feel she will take up our issue if she wins from Chandigarh seat at national level," the confederation's president Bhupinder Singh Gill said here today.
Gill claimed CCWE comprises 63 unions working for the rights of contractual workers posted in various government and non-government departments in Chandigarh.
"We have almost 16,000-17,000 members in our confederation who will vote for AAP candidate Gul Panag in coming Lok Sabha elections," he said.
Gill said more than 17,000 contractual workers have been working in several governmental and non-governmental establishments in the city for the past several years.
"Despite working for last several years, the employees working on contract have not been regularised," he said.
Gul Panag is pitted against Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal and BJP nominee Kirron Kher in a multi-cornered contest from Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat.