Employees of the Departments of Railway and Postal will launch a strike action from midnight today (14), the relevant trade unions have announced.
Employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have announced that they will engage in a work-to-rule campaign from 09.00 am tomorrow (15).
Meanwhile, trade unions of several essential services have warned of large-scale indefinite strike action from Wednesday (15) over the government’s new tax policy.
Trade Unions attached to the ports, doctors, nursing, water, power, teachers, and banking sectors have announced their participation.
A written letter on the planned strike action was also handed over to the Ministry of Public Services yesterday.
The trade unionists have warned that country-wide indefinite strike action will be launched tomorrow if the government fails to address its demands.
Stating that they are willing to pay the necessary taxes, the trade unionists stated, however, they are against paying unfair taxes that have been proposed by the government. (NewsWire)