It was by a quirk of circumstance that my friend and batch mate AGA and I found ourselves in the office of Mr. Vaithialingam at Railway Headquarters one day about the end of June 1960. This amiable, gentle person was the Chief Engineer, Way and Works, Sri Lanka Railways.
Year after year for several years he [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
