ESTATE WORKERS’ PROTEST BLOCKED…

April 21, 2013 

A protest planned to be held at the Kotagala Town by the Up Country Trade Union Alliance (UTUA) demanding a wage increase of Rs 520 for plantation workers was obstructed today (21). DPF leader Mano Ganesan, NSSP leader Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne, trade unionist Siritunga Jayasuriya as well as MPs V. Radhakrishnan and Palani Digambaram of the Upcountry People’s Front participated in the protest. However, police prevented estate workers from taking part in the protest, which was later shifted to the Dimbulapathana Junction. (Pic by Ranjith Rajapaksa)