Operations at SLPA run smoothly despite TU action

All staff members and employees of Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) reported to work yesterday as usual and operations and office work of the institution ran well despite the strikes said to be organized island-wide to paralyze the daily chores of a number of sectors. The strike organized to be campaigned on the 21, May, was totally unsuccessful within the port premises.

The employees and staff members of SLPA, with the initiative of the Management of the institution had taken steps to continue its daily official and operational activities adding further assurance toward the credibility it has expressed to its customers through efficiency and productivity.

In a statement SLPA said that the staffs and employees of the institution have successfully defeated these types of conspiracies organized by certain groups to trap the work force, and have effectively safeguarded the position secured by SLPA in the international maritime sector through dedication and efficient teamwork.

“The recent implementations of mega development projects in the sector aiming greater socio-economic development in the country and timely convinces and facilities offered to the staffs and employees of SLPA have developed a positive spirituality among them to dedicatedly work towards the national objectives of the institution,” it said.

The Chairman of SLPA Dr. Priyath B. Wickrama with the Management of the institution expressed his heartiest gratitude to all staff and employees of SLPA for their dedication to work ahead to boost the productivity of SLPA and to Minister of Port and Highways (Projects) Rohitha Abeygunawardhane and ministry officials for the assistance and timely guidance extended to make port activities a success.