Electricity workers intensified their ongoing trade union action by staging a demonstration in front of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) headquarters in Colombo today.
A large number of CEB workers were seen holding placards and shouting slogans, blocking the main road.
Heavy traffic was reported along Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha in Colombo, from Lake House Roundabout to Slave Island, due to the demonstration.
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) has been engaged in a trade union action over the last few days in protest of the government’s decision to divide the CEB into four entities. (Newswire)