The State and Provincial Public Service Development Officers Trade Union Alliance says Development Officers (DOs) across the island are staging a strike today (Nov. 09) by reporting sick leave. Commenting further on the matter, Geethananda Thilakarathne, Media Coordinator of the Alliance, said, “Development Officers attached to the provincial and central governments across the island worked with great commitment to bring the present Government to power. As DOs, we request the Government to formulate a formal service constitution. This would make it possible to establish the promotions and salary scales that DOs are entitled to. We have already held discussions with the Public Service Commission on this matter, but have not received any positive response so far. Furthermore, it appears that a Government MP who previously served as a DO, is obstructing all these efforts. Therefore, we decided to launch a one-day strike.”
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