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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hasitha22" data-source="post: 27811442" data-attributes="member: 578477"><img src="https://scontent.ffab2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/14993537_565418290330434_373760899363764902_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=WO0RKLHI7W0AX8wuUop&_nc_ht=scontent.ffab2-1.fna&oh=00_AT8iKtARdxac-gH8biu61-vo7u5DxHoi4oMV4toaIk06ZA&oe=62C56DAE" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 297px" />Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union, has said its members will walk out after 1200 midnight on June 08, over plans by the government to change the Electricity Act and end competitive bidding for private power plants.It will be the first time the CEBEU has engaged in a strike since 1996 plunging the country into darkness for several days and bringing water and other services to a standstill. (Economynext)UPDATE:All CEB employees to join strike action todayUPDATE 2:People will be inconvenienced. We are sorry. - CEB employeeUPDATE 3:Prime Minister warns unions against starting strike UPDATE 4: Talks with the minister fail. Strike action starts at midnight - CEB employeesUPDATE 5:We have no other option. Strike to start in a few hours. Over 20000 CEB employees to join strike - CEB employeeUPDATE 6:Total power loss before 8AM - CEB Engineers' Union UPDATE 7:Power cut time cannot be predicted. It could be soon after midnight.  - CEB employee</blockquote>

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