Postal workers at the Central Mail Exchange have launched a strike, citing 19 grievances including issues related to overtime payments and the mandatory fingerprint system for recording attendance.
Joint Postal Trade Union Association Convener, Chinthaka Bandara, confirmed the strike action, which follows the cancellation of all postal workers’ leave.
The protest is jointly backed by the Postal and Telecommunications Officers' Association and the Joint Postal Trade Union Front.
Workers had already withdrawn from overtime duties since yesterday morning, intensifying their trade union action.
Postmaster General P. Sathkumara, however, described the strike as unfair.
He stressed that overtime payment conditions and fingerprint-based attendance are government policy decisions, adding that 90 percent of the department’s total expenditure is already spent on salaries and overtime.
He further emphasized that postal services cannot operate outside government rules, regulations, and audit directives.
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