Postal workers on strike today

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The employees of the Postal Department around the country have launched a token one-day strike over several issues, including handing over proposed privatization of the Postal Department, and including a reduction in overtime hours, United Postal Trade Unions Front (UPTUF) convener Chinthaka Bandara said.

He said the token strike would continue until midnight.

More than 27,000 employees attached to 653 Postal Offices, 3,410 Sub-post Offices, and nearly 100 agency offices around the country are participating in the strike.

He said the top management of the Postal Department has decided to hand over the lands and buildings of the department across the country to private operators, and making arrangements to hand over the Postal Service to private entrepreneurs

He also said that the management was attempting to implement drastic cuts to postal workers' benefits, and not providing suitable infrastructure to continue the service.

He said that if the authorities did not respond to these demands, strict trade union action would be taken in the future.
“With the actions taken to reduce worker force, the remaining employees are in a critical situation in fulfilling postal services.

“Four employees are now doing the work which was earlier done by 16 employees. From January 2021, the postal administration pays overtime (OT) only for 125 hours. But the employees have to work more than the assigned number of OT hours to complete the day-to-day duties.

“Therefore, the union is requesting the postal authority make payments for the extra hours worked,” Chintha said.

When inquired in this regard Postmaster General Ranjith Ariyaratne said that the employees who do not report for work today would be put on no-pay leave.

He further stated that their demands were unreasonable in view of the economic crisis the country was currently facing. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)

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Comments - 7

No more tax man Monday, 12 December 2022 10:09 AM

PPP or Privatize this outdated white elephant eat up peoples money. We cannot pay taxes to maintain inefficient

Waco Monday, 12 December 2022 10:12 AM

It not possible to ship any thing to Sri Lanka by post, more than half of the Items are robbed by the Emloyees . Fix this problem first, they are your members.

Sandy Monday, 12 December 2022 11:12 AM

Postal department has very little relevance in the age of email . Private agencies can handle small cargo.

chandran-kandy Monday, 12 December 2022 12:13 PM

Yes sir, this kind of indications by the govt. is their inability to run any dept of the govt belongs. what a pity. poor

Hg Monday, 12 December 2022 01:03 PM

If you read the contents of this article carefully, it is clear that the union is hell bent on getting back the absurd peks they had been enjoying. To hell with the country.

Kd Monday, 12 December 2022 01:15 PM

They are getting fried by their own oil.

Ramesh Monday, 12 December 2022 02:39 PM

Haha what a joke. I have been to the GPO. There are more than 16 people to do a task that can be easily done by 1 or max 2 people. Just time wasters, free loaders and nation destroyers working there. Streamline processes, restructure and retrench at least 50-60% of staff..

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