The General Secretary of the Ceylon Electricity Employees’ Union, Ranjan Jayalal, has responded to criticism regarding the union’s request for the CEB management to pay bonuses to employees.
“Our request to pay bonuses to employees has been portrayed as a big sin in the media. We must remind everyone that we are a trade union representing the government,” he said.
“It is no longer necessary for us to protest on the streets to make our demands. This is our government now. We will remind the government of our demands and ensure they are met,” he added.
“We are people who broke into this institution by force. We won our demands even when we were at 3%. Our union made governments kneel to our demands and protected the rights of CEB employees. We are the ones who govern the CEB” Jayalal further said (NewsWire)