Postal trade union action to continue

Colombo (New1st) -  The Joint Postal Trade Union Alliance notes that they will continue their trade union action as discussions with the Minister of Posts proved to be a failure. Convenor of the alliance, Chinthaka Bandara noted that they were not able to reach a final decision during discussions held on Wednesday (July 17) with the subject minister. According to postmaster general Ranjith Ariyaratne, the postal trade union action has caused a backlog of over 135,000 letters at the central mail exchange. Among the backlog are 35,000 register post letters.