Trade unions of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) are scheduled to launch a token strike tomorrow (26 Feb), as there has been no response to their demands.

Accordingly, the unions announced that a six-hour token strike will be carried out from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm tomorrow.

Earlier this week, CEB trade unions cautioned the government that they would resort to trade union action as soon as the GCE Ordinary Level examinations conclude, if solutions are not provided to their eight demands and if the liquidation of the CEB is gazetted.

They stated that if a wrong decision is taken for unlawful restructuring without listening to their demands, they would be compelled to take this decision within the next 48 hours, even unwillingly.

The unions further said that if employee issues and energy concerns are ignored, and if a proper energy policy is not established, but instead a gazette notification is issued arbitrarily, they will definitely take this decision without further notice. 

The warning comes after employees who have applied for the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) of the CEB recently stated that the CEB Chairman has confirmed the Gazette notification announcing the dissolution of the Board will be issued on February 28. (Newswire)

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