Sri Lanka: Thousands of workers take to street over proposed pension scheme

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The movement of vehicles along the Colombo Katunayake Road has been hampered due to a protest organized by a group of employees from the Free Trade Zone against the proposed pension scheme.

Police said that nearly 2,000 employees had engaged in a protest near the Katunayake police at around 8 a.m. this morning and then marched towards the 18th mile post.

While this had resulted in severe traffic congestion, the Police are taking measures to ease this situation at present, according to police sources.

Meanwhile, General Secretary of the Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union Anton Marcus said that members of his union will be the most affected by the proposed bill.

When Newsfirst made inquiries in this regard Minister of Labour and Labour Relations Gamini Lokuge said that certain groups are engaging in such protests due to a lack of understanding of the bill in question.

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