November 09, Colombo (LNW): Development Officers across Sri Lanka have commenced a trade union protest by reporting sick today (09), in an effort to draw attention to a series of unresolved professional and administrative concerns.
The Joint Development Officers’ Association said the decision followed repeated attempts to secure solutions through discussions with the relevant authorities, which have so far failed to produce any meaningful progress.
Speaking at a media briefing in Colombo yesterday (08), the association’s General Secretary, Dhammika Munasinghe, said the union had raised its grievances on numerous occasions but had yet to receive a satisfactory response.
He indicated that the latest action was intended to press the authorities into addressing the outstanding issues, warning that continued inaction had left the officers with little choice but to resort to trade union measures.