INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Minister of Transport and Highways Bandula Gunawardena has slammed the token strike launched by the expressway employees this morning
today by calling in sick.The trade union action is based on 3 key issues: the alleged attempts by the Finance Ministry and Road Development
approval for the System for Optimized Recruitment (SOR) which deferred the grade-to-grade promotions of all employees.Gunawardena claimed
that employees on strike have taken the ticketing machines with them, in a bid to disrupt the expressway operations.Resorting to such moves
expressway operation uninterrupted amidst the trade union action.Soon after the expressway employees launched their token strike, tri-forces
and police personnel were dispatched to ensure the security and issue tickets.
