Strike action islandwide continues

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Strike action launched by trade unions of several fields in the public sector are still underway. The strike launched by the employees of the Railway Department is on for the 4th consecutive day. Railway drivers, regulators, station masters and Supervisors have joined the strike action launched over a salary discrepancy. Two other trade union strikes launched by the executive officers of the state sector and the non-academic staff of the state universities are still underway. Both these strike actions were also launched based on salary discrepancies. The strike action of the university non-academic staff continues for the 20th consecutive day.

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