Domestic Workers Union along with five other unions held a protest campaign in front of the Labour Department in Narahenpita today (2) demanding that they also be allowed to enjoy similar benefits other workers get.
These demands include EPF/ETF, working hours/holidays and leave entitlement, health facilities and that they be placed under Wages Board.
They also demanded justice to Hishalini’s death.
(Pix and video by M A Pushpakumara)
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
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