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| Thursday, 13 January 2005 |
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by Chamikara Weerasinghe Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevwaka Sangamaya yesterday called for trade unions, the government and employers to rally round a target-based productivity plan in a proposed tripartite action towards the country's reconstruction efforts. General Secretary of Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya (SLNSS), Leslie Devendra called that employers and trade unions should sign a voluntary code of conduct to abstain from strike actions or anti-trade union actions at least for a period of one year in keeping with the Industrial Disputes (special provisions) Act No. 56 of 1999, and ILO conventions 87 and 89. Devendra was speaking at a press conference at the SLNSS headquarters, Colombo yesterday, where he outlined proposals of Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya, to move the country forward with its rebuilding efforts. The proposals have already been forwarded to employers organisations, trade unions and relevant government authorities, he said. The SLNSS proposes to establish Social Dialogue Committees in all enterprises with Labour and management representatives for the purpose of effectively minimizing employer-employee conflicts through dialogue. According to these proposals, in the event of a strike action by the labour force due to an uncontrollable situation, it should be restricted to a maximum 48 hours, pending quick resolution through employment mediation centres and other mechanisms. Commenting on immediate steps taken by SLNSS to help tsunami victims, he said they had provided goods worth of Rs. 1.4 million to the government to assist the victims. " We will have given another Rs. 10 million by the end of April this year," he said. The SLNSS General Secretary appealed that a high powered Industrial Conflict Management Council (ICMC) be set up to resolve disputes that cannot be resolved at the level of the line ministry. "The ICMC should comprise conflict management experts, nominees from the side of the employer as the government and trade unions," he said. He also proposed reconstituting of existing National Council for Administration, presently overseeing salary anomalies and productivity- related issues and other labour issues, so as to include parties of labour and employers to reflect a tripartite character. He also urged the government to set up a National Competitiveness Council with the Head of the State as its chief in keeping with the recommendations made in 2002 by the National Advisory Committee on Productivity. |
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