Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said today (01) that the beginning of the country’s journey to become a developed country will be marked with the May Day rally and President Ranil Wickremesinghe is the leader who answered a false struggle by winning the real struggle to solve the people’s life problem. He said while participating in the United National Party’s May Day rally.
The minister said that the current president is the leader who fulfilled his duties for the laborers by raising the daily wage of the plantation worker, the government employee wage, and the minimum wage of the private sector worker.
“In the country that was on fire, there were queues, there was no medicine, and the country had given up hope for the future, the salaries of public servants have been increased, the minimum wage of the private sector worker has been increased, the daily wage of the plantation worker has been increased to 1700 rupees, and the labour rally has also started today. , this is the last labour rally to be marketed as a laborer.
People shouted that 09 % will be found in EPF ETF when debt is restructured. Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe has come to address the May Day Rally today after taking a decision yesterday to pay 13 percent to the EPEF ETF as an ear-splitting answer to those who shouted that they are robbing the 09% and trying to rob the EPF ETF.
JVP has always abused the workers. They sold out. These people took bribes from foreign countries – factories to sabotage all the projects when the development projects came to the country. the JVP. Malimawa does not want this country to develop. We will not allow the JVP to sell the Sri Lankan workers anymore.”