Countrywide protest today demanding Rs. 20,000 salary hike
27 November 2023 09:32 am
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Colombo, Nov.27 (Daily Mirror) - A countrywide protest campaign is scheduled to be launched today (27) at lunchtime, forcing the government to grant a minimum Rs. 20,000 salary hike or allowance to government employees, the State and Provincial Public Service Unions Association said.
The union also objects to the proposal in the budget to take 8% of the government employee's salary for Widows' and Orphans' pensions.