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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…