Oct 28, Colombo: The trade unions of the administrative and non-academic staffs of the universities of Sri Lanka have decided to strike work from November 02.

The trade unions held a discussion on October 26 and the decision was taken at the meeting, a spokesman of the university non-academic trade unions said.

R.M. Chandrapala, the Chairman of Inter University Trade Union Federation said that a demand from the union to discuss the issue of salary anomalies with the Salaries and Cadre Commission before October 26 went unheeded.

The report submitted by the trade unions regarding the salary anomalies to the University Grants Commission have now been forwarded to the Salaries and Cadre Commission.

The trade union says that they represent around 10,000 employees from staff grades to minor employees.

Sri Lanka government recently increased the salaries of the academic staff of the universities and the salary anomalies of the non-academic staff were the result of the increase

Source: ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka