A 48 Hour Island Wide Strike Scheduled To Be Launched By Railway Workers Had Been Suspended

A 48 hour Island Wide strike action scheduled to be launched by the four categories of Railway workers with effect from midnight tonight(20) had been suspended after the discussions held with Saman Ekanayake the secretary to the Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe this morning regarding the demand of the Railway Workers.

During the Discussions Prime Minister's Secretary has agreed to solve salary anomaly problem faced by the  Railway workers by giving a written assurance to them to put their categories in the third level salary scale according to the Railway trade unions.

Train Engine Drivers,Guards,Station Masters and Railway controllers have  earlier decided to launch a 48 hour strike over salary anomalies.