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| Sunday, 26 June 2005 |
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CEB: No going back says Minister by Rashomi Silva Power and Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha last week has re-assured that the government will not go back on its word to bring amendments to the proposed CEB Restructuring Bill, but as was pledged would adhere to the recommendations made by the Committee that was appointed to look into the trade union concerns. CEB Engineers Union President Ananda Piyatilake said late last week rumours were afloat that the unamended Bill was presented in the Cabinet. "But the Minister re-assured us that this would not happen and the government would take into account the proposals made by the Committee headed by Ministry Secretary P. Weerahandi before preparing the final draft. "For the time being we are satisfied with the Minster's assurance," he said. But he warned if the government breaks its promises, they would also revert to trade union action. He said the committee and the trade union had sorted out many issues that were of importance to the workers but there were a few outstanding issues that they would have to be sorted out. We were to meet Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse last week to discuss this matter but it was postponed due to the developments in the political front. Meanwhile a spokesperson for the Ministry said that the trade unions would be soon granted a meeting with the Prime Minister, Finance Minister and the Power and Energy Minister. The government had to hold back restructuring due to the strong opposition from the workers and the trade unions which threatened to go for trade union action if the Bill was forwarded in Parliament with out considering the workers' opinions. To overcome the situation government appointed a Committee headed by Weerahandi to make proposals to amend the existing Bill. |
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