Colombo Port employees launch fasting campaign

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Several employees of the Colombo Port have commenced an indefinite fast opposite the Bandaranayke door along the entrance road to the harbour.

The employees are protesting against alleged attempts to sell the Colombo East Container Terminal to a foreign nation or a private company.

Speaking to to a prominent online news portal in the isle, the Convenor of the Joint Trade union collective to protect the Eastern Terminal of the Colombo Port, Chandrasiri Mahagamage said the fasting campaign will continue indefinitely, until the President assures that the East Terminal of the Colombo Port will remain under the jurisdiction of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.

However trade unions stated that the union action has not affected operations at the Colombo port.