Salary anomalies of over 2,000 station masters in the Railway Department will be rectified before April with the approval of the Salaries and Cadres Commission, the Railway Operating Superintendent, Vijaya Samarasinghe said.
Speaking to the Sunday Observer, he said all information pertaining to station masters’ salary anomalies have already been submitted to the Salaries and Cadres [...]
Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) yesterday said that arrangements have been made to solve the issues put forward by the striking station masters.
The SLR General Manager addressing the media yesterday said they had made arrangements to solve the issues put forward by the Sri Lanka Station Masters’ Union (SLSMU).
Speaking to The Morning Leader Operating Superintendent, SLR, [...]
Station masters of the Sri Lanka Railway Department began a two-day strike today disrupting the train service and leaving thousands of train commuters stranded at train stations.
Demanding to resolve the salary problems and other few burning issues the Station Masters Union of Sri Lanka Railway department commenced the two-day strike from last midnight.
K.V Jayasena, the [...]
Millions of commuters will be stranded at railway stations tomorrow as Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union (SLRSMU) goes on strike, crippling the train services from midnight today. The SLRSMU claimed that over 1,000 station masters around the island will take part in the strike.
“All the unions have offered their support for our cause and [...]
Trade Union Central Confederation in Sri Lanka organized a protest campaign against recent railway fare hikes at the Colombo Fort railway station this evening.
The protesters almost crippled all operations in the country’s main railway station and were seen shouting slogans, displaying placards even on the railway tracks.
The protestors claimed that the government’s decision to increase [...]
Railways Minister, Dulles Alahapperuma’s failure to rectify the salary anomalies created by the 2006/7 controversial salary circular, and non-allocation of sufficient funds for the distress loan scheme have irked railway employees, the All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) told The Morning Leader.
Although Alahapperuma on several occasions had promised to address the grievances he has [...]
Nearly 1,500 employees in the Railway Department who had not been made permanent for the past 15 years will be absorbed into the permanent cadre. The appointment letters will be given by Minister Dullas Allahapperuma at the National Youth Services Council in Maharagama today.
The Minister told the Daily News these 1,500 employees of the CGR [...]
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said approval has been granted to absorb 1,500 casual, substitute and contract employees of the Sri Lanka Railway Service, into the permanent cadre.
A Transport Ministry release said, the Minister has stressed that these 1,500 employees had been recruited before he assumed duty as the Transport Minister.
He said along with General Manager [...]
