Leave of all CEB employees cancelled until Sept 20

September 13, 2017 10:02 am

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced that the leave of all CEB employees had been cancelled from today (13) until September 20.

Meanwhile, the President of the ‘Lanka Viduli Podu Sevaka Sangamaya’ (LVPSS), Malaka Wickramasinghe stated that the CEB workers had taken the decision to go on strike, based on several demands.

The Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy said that the relevant sectors had been directed to consider the underlying demands of the strike.

Issuing a notice, the Ministry added that steps had already been taken to solve issues pertaining to salary discrepancies and the internal audit division of the CEB.

According to the notice, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Labour Department will be working to address the rest of the demands as well.

Disclaimer: All the comments will be moderated by the AD editorial. Abstain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or slanderous. Please avoid outside hyperlinks inside the comment and avoid typing all capitalized comments. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines by flagging them(mouse over a comment and click the flag icon on the right side). Do use these forums to voice your opinions and create healthy discourse.