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CPC trade unions want MR to undo what Kanchana did

By Ifham Nizam n The Island, Apr 3, 2023Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, MP, yesterday (02) met a group of petroleum sector trade union representatives against the backdrop of Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera sending several trade unionists on compulsory leave. The meeting lasted nearly two hours. Alleging that they had disrupted fuel supplies, minister Wijesekera ordered disciplinary action against them regardless of their party affiliations. Sources said that CPC workers sought the former President’s…

More unions to decide on longer strike today

by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Mar 3, 2023Against the backdrop of several trade unions (TUs) of the health sector and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) having already decided to launch a continuous strike from next week demanding the withdrawal of the Government’s new tax policies, several other trade unions are to make a final decision regarding their course of action against the same at a discussion to be held today (3). Speaking to The…