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 [...]
The 48 hour token strike launched by Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union SLRSMU from Monday midnight came to an end last night.
The members of the SLRSMU had resorted to trade union action as the management of the Sri Lanka Railways continued to ignore their demands for years, General Secretary of the union W. Amarasena [...]
The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union (SLRSMU) will launch a token strike at Tuesday midnight demanding the implementation of the 6/2006 departmental circular regarding salary revisions to all grades of Station masters, salary increments to the station masters who have been promoted to Grade One and to fill the 200 vacancies in their cadre.
The [...]
Trade union suppression in the Railway Department following the July 10 strike has irked its employees, All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) told The Morning Leader.
Employees allied to the JVP affiliated ACREGU have come under attack following the July 10 token strike and instructions have allegedly been given to all heads of departments to [...]
The token strike in the railway service scheduled for today has been called off by the Railway Services Combined Trade Union Alliance (RSCTUA) following a discussion with Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma, the trade union leaders said yesterday.
“We had a discussion with Minister Alahapperuma and his officials this morning and we were given an assurance that [...]
Update: A UFRTU official said that Railway unions have called off the planned strike from midnight today after discussions with the Transport Minister over salary and other issues. All train services will be operating as usual tomorrow.
The United Front of the Railway Trade Unions (UFRTU) has decided to lunch a token strike from midnight today after discussions [...]
