CEB Workers’ Union Poised to Strike
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Workers’ Union announced yesterday that it would engage in an indefinite strike from 13th September over several demands including the revision of the salary ratio from 1:6 to 1:9.
While addressing the media at the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR), Union Secretary Ranjan Jayalal said, the salary scales of administrative officers at the CEB had been increased on numerous occasions, but the salary scale of lower level employees remained unchanged.
He said the administrative staff had a raise on January 8, 2008 through a circular. However, another circular increasing the salaries of non-executives and non-engineers had been issued on the same day. Yet, there had been no news of such increments to lower level employees.
The union has decided to launch a two-day strike on 13th September initially to give time to the government and relevant high ranking officials to revise the salary ratios.
If we do not receive a favourable response by 15th September, we will continue the strike indefinitely,” he said. He confirmed that the supply of electricity would not be disrupted by the strike.
