Sri Lanka bans strikes over opposition to power deal
The Hindu
Unions slam agreement with U.S. firm
Sri Lanka’s President on Saturday effectively banned trade union action against a controversial energy deal with a U.S. firm in an attempt to scupper dissent within his coalition government.
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) last month agreed to sell a 40% stake in its thermal power plant outside Colombo to New Fortress Energy, a move trade unions say hands the U.S. firm a monopoly over LNG sales to the country.
“We will have a mass protest rally on Wednesday bringing all our members out from power stations,” CEB trade union leader Ranjan Jayalal said.
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