General strike brought partial success

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The General strike which was called by trade unions have yielded only partial success as only 44,540 public servants out of 148,451 in six provinces have participated in it, according to a government survey.

Accordingly, 36% of the workers have engaged in the strike in the North Western province, 40% in North Central, 49% in the Southern province, 25% in Central, 21% in Eastern, and 19% have engaged in the Uva province.

As per the data, government hospital doctors have participated in the strike to a higher extent.

Accordingly, 914 government doctors out of 1322 in the North Western Province, 434 out of 690 in North Central province, 1547 doctors out of 2472 in the Central province, 942 doctors out of 1339 in the southern province 454 doctors out of 1338 in the Eastern-Province and 730 doctors out of 918 in Uva province had engaged in the strike.

However, data in Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Western province were not available though the workers who participated in the strike in the Western province was reported to be high according to a spokesman from the President’s office.

National Organizer for National Trade Union Centre Wasantha Samarasinghe who commented on the strike said it was a success as walk out and protsts organized was a successful. “Our union workers who were attached to central Bank, other banks and many workers attached to other state institutions had engaged in the strike,” he told the Daily Mirror. (Yohan Perera)

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Comments - 6

sam Wednesday, 01 March 2023 06:06 PM

Partial success or partial failure is not great or a achievement.

Tak Tik Tuk Wednesday, 01 March 2023 06:27 PM

No matter how much strike or protest, RW won't budge. Think wisely and make the next move. If only SJB and NPP could set aside their differences do a protest together including Anthare, things would be different.

Lion Wednesday, 01 March 2023 06:56 PM

According to what we saw in the news it was

Tax Payer Wednesday, 01 March 2023 10:07 PM

It is only the workers who are affected by the Tax proposals would have participated in the Strike . Hence it cannot be a 100 % participation.

Ram Thursday, 02 March 2023 01:42 AM

Partial success is government's inability to maintain services by that percentage. With the figures provided by government that are questionable it admits that it failed to provide services by about 35%. When it gathers momentum soon the percentage will increase past double that. The day is not far for the Police to join

Sunil Gamage Thursday, 02 March 2023 07:47 AM

These strikes will be destructive to the country. People are thoroughly disappointed over the government's lethargic attitude towards curbing corruption issues past and ongoing. Government should immediately address the hardships faced by the citizens while addressing corruption issues early. Good system is vital for Sri Lanka

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