According to media reports, 17 health unions will go on a token strike today and tomorrow. Protesting against the failure to address several of the demands, including the elimination of pay anomalies.
Convener of the Health Trade Union Alliance Ravi Kumudesh stated that the strike will be active island wide from 8 this morning.
However, children’s hospitals, cancer hospitals, maternity hospitals, the Central Blood Bank and the Colombo National Institute of Infectious Diseases will not join the strike, he said.
