Kanchana says TUs thrive on inefficient members

by Amani Nilar 27-08-2022 | 2:41 PM

COLOMBO (News 1st); Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara slammed trade unions on Saturday (27), tweeting that they thrive on inefficient members and emphasized the importance of restructuring State owned enterprises.

In a tweet, the Minister said that all SOEs need restructuring, and what led to the current downfall of the SOEs is political decisions, political appointments, misadministration and incompetence.

He further pointed out that majority of the public workforce will survive in the private sector or be recruited at all, and that performance based salaries must be implemented.

The Minister also called out on the inefficiency and incompetence of workers at CEB, CPC and CPSTL, and also mentioned the downsizing of the workforce.

"A good 500 workforce instead of the 4200 could do the job efficiently at CPC- CPSTL & half of the 26000 workforce at CEB," he tweeted.

A week ago, the Minister alleged that trade unions of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation linked to political parties are carrying out protests opposing the proposed reforms to the CPC.

The Minister recently appointed a seven-member committee to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board as well.

1) All SOEs need restructuring. Political decisions, political appointments, misadministration & incompetence has led to the downfall. I don’t think majority of the public workforce will survive in the private sector or be recruited at all. Performance based salaries is a must.
— Kanchana Wijesekera (@kanchana_wij) August 27, 2022

2) While there are capable & efficient workers at CEB, CPC & CPSTL, the majority are inefficient & incompetence. A good 500 workforce instead of the 4200 could do the job efficiently at CPC- CPSTL & half of the 26000 workforce at CEB. Trade Unions thrive on inefficient members.
— Kanchana Wijesekera (@kanchana_wij) August 27, 2022