{"id":38849,"date":"2022-04-28T15:47:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/lanka-ld-strike\/"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:21:56","slug":"lanka-ld-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/lanka-ld-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Lankan trade unions on strike demanding Rajapaksas\u2019 ouster over economic crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-952661057\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>Colombo, Apr 28 (PTI) Nearly 1,000 trade unions in Sri Lanka staged a one-day nationwide strike on Thursday demanding the immediate resignation of the government, including President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, over its failure to tackle the country\u2019s unprecedented economic crisis.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-3516062310\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p> Sri Lanka is currently in the throes of unprecedented economic turmoil since its independence from Britain in 1948.<\/p>\n<p> The crisis is caused in part by a lack of foreign currency, which has meant that the country cannot afford to pay for imports of staple foods and fuel, leading to acute shortages and very high prices.<\/p>\n<p> The unions from a number of sectors, including the state service, health, ports, electricity, education and postal joined the strike under the theme \u2018Bow to the people &#8211; government go home\u2019, urging the President, the Prime Minister and the government to \u2018go home\u2019.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-734381707\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p> Teachers\u2019 trade union spokesman Joseph Stalin said that the Rajapaksa government tries to hang on to power when the people have got into the streets and demanded them to go.<\/p>\n<p> Ravi Kumudesh from the health workers\u2019 trade union said that after Thursday\u2019s strike, they would give the government a week to resign.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cAfter that, we would strike continuously till the government resigns\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> He said that over 1,000 trade unions joined the strike.<\/p>\n<p> The bank employees\u2019 union said that all banks remain closed and public transport was crippled with just a handful of government-owned buses operating.<\/p>\n<p> Plantation workers from the central hills also joined the token strike.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-1770851891\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_3_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2969612066\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p> \u201cThe plantation workers have joined the strike in thousands,\u201d Opposition politician Mano Ganesan said.<\/p>\n<p> The streets and trade markets looked empty in most areas.<\/p>\n<p> In the evening, the striking workers will join the main protest at Galle Face which has entered its 20th consecutive day.<\/p>\n<p> The demand is for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his elder brother and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the government for its mishandling of the island\u2019s worst-ever economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p> All Ceylon Integrated Economic Centers and Manning Market Traders Association urged farmers to refrain from bringing vegetables to economic centers as they too will be supporting the trade union action, the Colombo Page newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama said that the police have been instructed to arrest those who harm the public transport and influence private transport in the wake of the strike.<\/p>\n<p> The police will take legal action against those who obstruct roads, he said.<\/p>\n<p> Sri Lanka Railways General Manager Dhammika Jayasundara said that due to railways workers reporting sick without prior notice, train services will be disrupted.<\/p>\n<p> Co-convener of the union S P Vithanage said that despite plans to run several trains with the intervention of the Minister, the railway workers are on strike.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier this month, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had to drop his older brother Chamal and the eldest nephew Namal from the Cabinet in response to the ongoing protests which called for accountability from the powerful ruling family and their inability to address the worst forex crisis faced by the country.<\/p>\n<p> However, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not asked him to resign and claimed that they were on the &#8220;same page&#8221; to resolve the worst economic crisis, amidst reports of a rift between the two brothers in running the debt-ridden island nation.<\/p>\n<p> In the second week of April, the Sri Lankan government said it would temporarily default on its USD 35.5 billion in foreign debt. The finance ministry said the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine made it impossible to pay its creditors.<\/p>\n<p> Now the beleaguered president is also under increasing pressure to form an interim government. 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