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Over 500 class 2 officers Sri Lanka Postal workers will be receiving their 20 year long-due promotion after Postmaster General Mr. D.L.P. Rohana Abhyaratna and trade unions reached an agreement on 28 November 2013.

“I now qualified for the promotion in 1992, 21 years ago. They have also corrected my position on the seniority list,” said postal worker Chandrika Eladaththe. Chandrika is also the vice president of the National Post and Telecommunication Workers’ Union (NPTWU).

The promotion will meet the ILO convention of affording equal opportunities to women where a significant number of women workers will benefit from the promotion.

NPWTU is thankful to the current Postmaster General for his unstinted support in convincing the trade unions to reach a consensus for a win-win situation for all. The union is also glad for the facilitation offered by UNI Apro when Jayasri Priyalal, UNI Apro Director of Finance, met the PMG to discuss the problem earlier in 2013.

NPWTU believes that postal employees have work as a team to meet challenges faced by the postal industry and work with much commitment to make it postal services commercially viable.