‘CA protest by minor plantation TUs, politically motivated’
Labour and Labour Relations Minister Gamini Lokuge
told the Sunday Observer that the proposed trade union protest tomorrow
over the plantation Collective Agreement (CA) may be
politically-oriented and not worker-welfare-oriented. From the
inception, the biennial CA on the wage increase for plantation workers
had been signed between Trade Unions having over 40 percent membership
and the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC),
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Support for terrorism is counter-productive – Minister Anura
Priyadarshana Yapa
An idealist in his own way, he has carefully tiptoed
the minefield of politics having avoided the extremes. Petroleum
Industries Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa in his amiable approach to
problems has won the heart of even his rivals in politics. The Minister
in an interview with the Sunday Observer said while sympathising with
the victims of the Boston bomb explosion,
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In the aftermath of Boston explosion:
Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle feels the pain
MP Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle, wife of former
Cabinet Minister of Highways and Road Development Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
speaks of her husband's assassination five years ago in the aftermath of
the Boston Marathon bombing by an LTTE suicide cadre which also took
place when a marathon was to be flagged off.
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