Veterinary surgeons island wide in strike action
Aug 09, 2016
All Veterinary surgeons island wide have commenced a strike on a number of demands. They are for salary revisions, to make the district government veterinary post to be as 1st class, to fill in all vacancies they have struck work. With affect from today the 09th instant.
It has been reported by them that these demands had been requested from the related ministry over the years but no solutions have been received to the demands. The Secretary of the government Veterinary surgeons society veterinary surgeon PL Kumarawadu had revealed. In this context all of them are to report sick today and tomorrow.
The sick notes are to be sent by all government veterinary surgeons in all districts, those at the zoological gardens, offices of district veterinary surgeons, veterinary surgeons at the Katunayake airport, those at wild life department, those at municipal councils amounting to about 700 persons are to attend in this two day strike.
The motive of the strike it is told is not to inconvenient the public but to draw attention of the related authorities of the ministry in regard to their pending demands.The secretary of the union had added that although there services have been restricted in the case of an emergency a veterinary surgeon would be made available.
For the Kandy Esala perahera the services of veterinary surgeons have been made available. It has also been said as it is a duty of the veterinary surgeons to be present at the port and airport to inspect about bird fever and pig fever the services would not be disrupted at these places. However the normal services at these places would not be made available because of the two day strike.
The secretary of the veterinary surgeons union PL Kumarawadu had added that the two day sick note strike will be extended to an all island strike action if the government officials fail to resolve their pending demands.
The sick notes are to be sent by all government veterinary surgeons in all districts, those at the zoological gardens, offices of district veterinary surgeons, veterinary surgeons at the Katunayake airport, those at wild life department, those at municipal councils amounting to about 700 persons are to attend in this two day strike.
The motive of the strike it is told is not to inconvenient the public but to draw attention of the related authorities of the ministry in regard to their pending demands.The secretary of the union had added that although there services have been restricted in the case of an emergency a veterinary surgeon would be made available.
For the Kandy Esala perahera the services of veterinary surgeons have been made available. It has also been said as it is a duty of the veterinary surgeons to be present at the port and airport to inspect about bird fever and pig fever the services would not be disrupted at these places. However the normal services at these places would not be made available because of the two day strike.
The secretary of the veterinary surgeons union PL Kumarawadu had added that the two day sick note strike will be extended to an all island strike action if the government officials fail to resolve their pending demands.
