48-hour railway strike suspended

The planned 48-hour countrywide strike by station masters, train guards, engineers, foremen and railway controllers, was temporarily put off, the Railway Employees Trade Union Alliance said.

More than some 3,000 railway employees vowed to stop work from midnight today until their grievances were addressed.

Sri Lanka Railways Employees Joint Trade Union Alliance (JTUA) Convener Janaka Fernando said the strike was put off in the wake of presidential secretary Lalith Weeratunge agreeing to hold a discussion with the trade unions tomorrow on their grievances.

“After tomorrow's meeting we will decide our next course of action on resorting to trade union action,” he said.

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