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<blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 2383692" data-attributes="member: 92282">Police say that the employees have the right to resort to strike action according to the constitution of Sri Lanka .&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Police Spokesman, Senior Superintendent of Police Ranjith Guansekera said, although the 14th clause of the Sri Lankan constitution guarantees the right of industrial action police will not tolerate violence. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SSP Gunasekera was responding to queries that police had gone to several workplaces in the Anuradhapura district in order&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; to force teachers to abandon the strike.<img src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/images/2006/03/20060316171856strike2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ceylon Teachers Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin told BBC Sandesaya that police threatened teachers planning to go on&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; strike on Thursday.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The police spokesman denied that police was involved in such activity but admitted that police were &quot;briefing public sector&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; staff about services and duties&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saman Ratnapriya of the Health Services Trade Union Alliance said that police had arrested two union members at the Angoda Hospital while there were reports of police intimidation from Mulleriyawa, Hambantoda, Trincomalee, and Anuradhapura. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ratnapriya said despite government scheme to suppress Thursday's strike through &quot;threats, intimidation and negative propaganda&quot;,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; trade unions will go ahead with the trade union plans.<img src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/images/2006/12/20061218142659police203.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The island wide strike on Thursday (10) urge the government to increase salaries by Rs. 5000, to grant the cost of living&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; allowance and to decrease the bus and railway fares.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Chairman of the National Trade Union Center K.D. Lal Kantha told journalists in Colombo that 660 affiliate trade unions and&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; many others have extended their support to the proposed strike.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/07/080709_strike.shtml" target="_blank">BBC</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="lkdood, post: 2383692, member: 92282"] [B]Police say that the employees have the right to resort to strike action according to the constitution of Sri Lanka .[/B] [B]Police Spokesman, Senior Superintendent of Police Ranjith Guansekera said, although the 14th clause of the Sri Lankan constitution guarantees the right of industrial action police will not tolerate violence. [/B] [B]SSP Gunasekera was responding to queries that police had gone to several workplaces in the Anuradhapura district in order to force teachers to abandon the strike.[/B] [B][IMG]http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/images/2006/03/20060316171856strike2.jpg[/IMG][/B] [B]Ceylon Teachers Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin told BBC Sandesaya that police threatened teachers planning to go on strike on Thursday. [/B] [B]The police spokesman denied that police was involved in such activity but admitted that police were "briefing public sector staff about services and duties". [/B] [B]Saman Ratnapriya of the Health Services Trade Union Alliance said that police had arrested two union members at the Angoda Hospital while there were reports of police intimidation from Mulleriyawa, Hambantoda, Trincomalee, and Anuradhapura. [/B] [B]Ratnapriya said despite government scheme to suppress Thursday's strike through "threats, intimidation and negative propaganda", trade unions will go ahead with the trade union plans.[/B] [B][IMG]http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/images/2006/12/20061218142659police203.jpg[/IMG] [/B] [B]The island wide strike on Thursday (10) urge the government to increase salaries by Rs. 5000, to grant the cost of living allowance and to decrease the bus and railway fares. [/B] [B]Chairman of the National Trade Union Center K.D. Lal Kantha told journalists in Colombo that 660 affiliate trade unions and many others have extended their support to the proposed strike.[/B] [B][URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/07/080709_strike.shtml"][SIZE=1]BBC[/SIZE][/URL] [/B] [/QUOTE]

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