Postal Strike Continues for Third Day

Postal services countrywide came to a standstill with the indefinite strike launched by postal unions at Midnight on Monday (26) where 21, 000 postal service employees from 653 post offices and 3,410 sub post offices were involved.

Following the discussion held with the  Sub committee  comprising Secretary to the Prime Minister, Secretary Ministry of Public Administration and the Postal Services Ministry Secretary, union Co-convener H. K. Kariyawasam said, their trade union representatives were given a written assurance that the issues brought up by them would be resolved.  Further, they assured us that a decision on handing over the post office buildings in Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Kandy would not be taken without the consent of both the Postal Department and the trade unions. But our main demand that staff recruitment should be streamlined remains unresolved. Hence, we have decided to continue the strike until we get satisfactory answers to all our problems, he said. Meanwhile, Kariyawasam said they will hold further discussions with government officials today as well in the hope of coming to a mutual agreement.