Minister gets tough with CPC, CPSTL Unions

Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera yesterday said he has instructed the Chairman of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the CPSTL to take necessary disciplinary steps to consider termination of employment

and any legal steps necessary against trade union activist or employees that are disrupting the distribution of fuel, disrupting the work of other employees or is acting in violation of the essential services orders.

Meanwhile the Petroleum Trade Unions’ Collective had called off its Satyagraha campaign which was held in front of the Kolonnawa Petroleum Terminal premises.