CEB engineers suspend trade union action
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) engineers suspended their trade union action following talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
CEB engineers went on strike over 4 key demands.
The CEB Engineers Union said that one demand is to withdraw the proposed amendment to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act.
Meanwhile, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera had said that CEB engineers union had discussed of a possible nation wide blackout in protest of the amendment.
“Unions which have deprived many of renewable energy, low cost power supply and the right to uninterrupted power supply is using the threat of protest to block much needed reforms,” he said in a tweet.
He said he hopes to get the necessary support for the amendments made to the CEB Act in Parliament, which will pave the way for quick approval and implementation of long delayed renewable power projects which will be vital for the power sector development and the economy. (Colombo Gazette)
