Over 11,000 expressway employees on token strike today
November 22, 2023 08:37 am
The All-Island Expressway Workers’ Union has initiated a token strike this morning (Nov.22).
According to the Director General of the Road Development Authority (RDA), the tri-forces and police personnel were dispatched to the expressways in a bid to ensure that operations continue uninterrupted.
Meanwhile, the trade union’s president Yohan Hasitha Munasinghe said more than 11,000 employees attached to the RDA have joined the token strike by calling in sick.
The token strike, which was launched based on three demands, is effective from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.
Expressway workers are protesting against the alleged attempts by the Finance Ministry and Road Development Authority (RDA) to privatize the country’s expressway network, the delayed payments for unused sick leave for the year 2022, and the delayed approval for the System for Optimized Recruitment (SOR) which deferred the grade-to-grade promotions of all employees.
