General Huge Strike on March 1. 2023

There will be General Huge Strike on March 1. 2023. Unions from various sectors including ports, fuel, electricity, and banks have decided to go on a massive strike tomorrow to protest against the government’s tax policy. A special feature is that the industry experts of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka will also participate in this strike

Already Sri Lankans stroked on July 15 marked the general strike of 1980 when 40,356 public and private sector employees lost their jobs for the first time in the history of Sri Lanka. On 4 October 1977, Prime Minister J.R. Jayewardene got Parliamentary approval for the Second Amendment to the Constitution by a two-thirds majority