Minister urges union to end strike and return to duty

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CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA Follow

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Colombo, June 10 (Daily Mirror) - Transport and Highways Minister Bandula Gunawardena today requested the Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Operating Engineers’ Union to call off their strike and report to work.

He made this request during the discussion held with the union at the Transport Ministry.

“I brought a long-neglected issue to the Cabinet and successfully secured approval for promotions in March 2024.

"The promotion process for train drivers is now underway. Applications were received from 75 train drivers seeking promotion from third class to second class, and 70 of them have already been issued their promotion letters," the Minister said.

Therefore, Minister Gunawardena requested that the union end the strike and avoid inconveniencing the public, ensuring that promotions will be granted in the future according to the prescribed procedure.

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Shera Monday, 10 June 2024 03:33 PM

Fire them all if they are holding passengers to ransom and disrupting train services. Get engine drivers from India. They have more discipline than Lankan workers.

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Army Monday, 10 June 2024 08:51 PM

Train army personnel for these operations also.

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Japanese passengers solved train strike in their way Tuesday, 11 June 2024 05:09 PM

Some years ago, Engine drivers in Japan launched a "Go slow" strike. They delayed the trains by one minute at each station, and when trains reached final destinations, they were about an hour late. Passengers in Japan are highly conscious of every single minute. They were patient for two days. On the third they dragged ONE train driver out and assaulted him until he died. STRIKE OVER!

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