The United Postal Trade Union’s Front commenced
an indefinite strike from midnight today over the government’s alleged silence
towards the unresolved issues of the Postal employees and the Department.
The Front carried a 48 – hour token strike on
June 12 disrupting the country’s entire postal service forcing the government
to reverse its alleged decision to handover several buildings which house
post offices in Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Kandy to an Indian company to build
hotels.
The Front’s Co-Convener H K Kariyawasam told
Daily Mirror that several attempts made to resolve the matter were failed as
the authorities are not willing to discuss the issues.
He said the trade unions’ action would halt the
country’s entire postal services causing a huge loss to the department.However,
he said they will not stop the strike until the employees demands are met.
Postal unions started their struggle over three
main demands including the restructuring of the staff recruitment process.
During the last strike, the ‘Speed Post’ courier
service and EMS services were gravely affected suffering a huge loss to the
department. .Mail collection and distribution were also disrupted during the
strike.
Source : http://www.dailymirror.lk
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