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Now, JVP backed railway unions threaten to strike
Monday, 12 June 2006 - 3:29 AM SL Time
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The JVP backed All Ceylon Railway Employees` Union yesterday threatened to go on a 48 hour token strike from Wednesday midnight while challenging Transport Minister A.H.M. Fowzie for an open debate on television.
The Railway employees earlier threatened a 48-hour token strike from Jun 14 midnight saying the Minister was ignoring their grievances and disregarding directives given by the President, despite the lightning strike launched last week.
Union General Secretary Sumathipala Manawadu said they had informed President Mahinda Rajapaksa in writing about their proposed strike. He said the recently issued enjoining order preventing railway employees from sabotaging the railway service and threatening and intimidating other railway workers, was not relevant to them as they had never been engaged in such activities. The order was made following an application filed by the Railways General Manager Kulasinghe Premasiri citing seven trade unions as defendants.
'We asked for a meeting with the Minister for months but he kept on ignoring us. Therefore we do not see any other way that we can open the eyes of the authorities without taking trade union action,' he said.
He said that they decided to launch a two-day token strike against corruption taking place in the Ministry.
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varakuna
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11 Jun 2006 23:11:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thats better well done JVP,the peoples who vote for you
expect this type of work from you |
anizam
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12 Jun 2006 02:49:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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Yeah whats new???
Srilanka has TWO enimies hell bend on destroying the country.
1.The Open Enemy - the LTTE.
2. THe Enemy with us - THe JVP. |
Sam007
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12 Jun 2006 12:01:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Is this the way JVP help to build a nation?It's easy to say but if JVP is in power what will they do? People who voted JVP should rethink of what they have done. Haven't they created a monster? |
dina
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12 Jun 2006 12:40:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Strike, strike..........thats the only thing they know while they travel in luxury vehicles, we suffer. |
DVLADV
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12 Jun 2006 23:49:59 GMT Report for Abuse
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Is Sri Lanka ripe for a military takeover?
Looking at the clowns in politics, the military cannot do any worse. |
mageychintana
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13 Jun 2006 02:38:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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| I guess playing double games is not only common among the LTTE but also the good for nothing JVP bunch. JVP is a problem which should have been fully taken care of along with the LTTE. Mahinda is wooing the JVPers to join the government while the JVP is attacking his government at grass root levels. We must ask this 'ruhunu gon harak president' what happened to the 'backbone' all his supporters claimed he had. Its time his 'backbone' is put into use to deal with such strikers and JVP scum. |
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