Minister Champika
threatens union leaders by sending wreaths Monday 13 of August 2012
 (Lanka-e-News -12.Aug.2012, 11.50PM) The strike of the CEB
employees which began on the 10th noon with the participation of all trade
unions of the CEB attracted a massive crowd of nearly 15000 CEB workers. The
leaders of the unions however were threatened with death.At dawn on the 11th , a wreath had been placed with a death threat note in front of the house of Ranjan Jayalal, the Gen. Secretary of the CEB union. The note had stated , ‘the CEB’s place of death can be yours’ This is being considered as making good the threats within 24 hours held out by Minister Champika Ranawake in Parliament who warned the strikers, there is a limit for the Govt. and the society as regards tolerating these strikes. The trade unions stated , the Minister while making these utterances was seeking to mislead the public by claiming that the workers were demanding a 45 % salary increase. But, that is an absolute falsehood. What they are demanding is to eliminate the salary anomalies of theirs like how those of the Executive officers were eliminated on the 1st of April 2012. These administrators who could have resolved this simple issue via discussions is now resorting to threats and intimidation to devastate the trade union action . But , the Govt. is sadly mistaken if the Govt. thinks that by such actions the Govt. can suppress the strike. | |
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