Friday, June 21, 2019

Commuters Had Faced Enormous Difficulties Due To The Ongoing Railway Strike

Commuters including office workers
and School children   had faced enormous difficulties today (21)due to the two day Island wide strike launched by Five categories of Railway Department employees .


 Although  Railway Employees including Engine Drivers, Station Masters ,Guides ,Controllers and observing managers have launched the two day strike demanding the implementation of a Cabinet Paper removing their salary anomalies ,Few trains had been operated to facilitate the commuters .


Long queues  had seen at Colombo Fort private and Ceylon Transport Board bud stands As a result of the Railway Strike .

The strike had been launched by demanding the implementation of the Cabinet Paper approved in 2018 to remove salary anomalies of Railway employees .

Talks held between Railway employees unions and Ministry of Finance retarding the strike yesterday ended without a result as Unions reduced to accept Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera's offer to solve the demand within one and half month it had been revealed.

The strike is scheduled to be held until midnight tomorrow  (22 ).

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