PHIs launch island-wide trade union action over airport transfer
COLOMBO – Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) across Sri Lanka are set to launch island-wide trade union action from 8.00 a.m. Monday (24), protesting the alleged unfair transfer of a PHI attached to the Health Office at Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake.
The Public Health Inspectors’ Association said the trade union action was prompted by the transfer of Public Health Inspector B. H. Migasdeniya after he raised objections to what the Association described as illegal activities at the Airport Health Office.
The Association said the Ministry of Health had so far failed to provide a satisfactory solution to the issue, prompting it to resort to trade union action.
Under the planned action, all PHIs and Administrative Public Health Inspectors across the country will suspend the submission of data and reports to the relevant authorities from 8.00 a.m. Monday.
The updating of data systems will also be suspended during the trade union action, the Association said, warning that data which is not uploaded during the period of its trade union action will not subsequently be entered into the relevant systems.
The Association is demanding the immediate cancellation of Migasdeniya’s transfer and a fair and impartial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the matter.
It also opposed what it described as attempts to reduce the approved cadre of staff at the Health Offices of the Port of Colombo and Bandaranaike International Airport.
The Public Health Inspectors’ Association said it remained willing to participate in a fair inquiry and engage in discussions with the authorities to resolve the dispute.
-ENCL
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