INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A protest campaign organised by several state and public service trade unions is slated to take place at 12:00 p.m
today (27 Nov.), in front of several government institutions.Accordingly, multiple state and public service trade unions have scheduled to
launch an island-wide protest campaign today, during their lunch hour over several demands.Co-ordinator of the trade union collective
Chandana Sooriyarachchi stated that the protest is slated to commence at 12.00 noon today, demanding a wage increase of Rs
state sector in 2016 and afterwards.Sooriyarachchi further warned that in the event a favourable response is not received from the
government in this regard, a series of trade unions actions will be launched.However, Saman Rathnapriya, the Director General of Trade
Unions to the President, asserted that such protests, backed by political motives, cannot be allowed and will not be accepted at a time
where the country is recovering from a crisis.
