A union strike launched by railway employees has stopped trains across Sri Lanka. Hundreds of scheduled train journeys were canceled Wednesday due to the strike. Now tens of thousands of passengers are stranded at railroad stations.
Police officers patrol in a railway station during a railway union strike in Colombo, Sri Lanka , Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Passengers walk on a platform next to a train during a railway union strike in Colombo, Sri Lanka , Wednesday, July 10, 2024. A passenger wipes sweat as he waits for a train during a railway union strike in Colombo, Sri Lanka , Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Passengers walk on a platform next to a train during a railway union strike in Colombo, Sri Lanka , Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
The Station Masters’ Union launched the strike to demand that vacancies be filled and other administrative issues be resolved. Hundreds of scheduled train journeys were canceled Wednesday due to the strike, leaving the very few trains that ran jam-packed with passengers. Local TV stations showed people risking their lives to get to school and work, barely hanging on to the sides of the train while balancing on footboards made slippery by the rain.
Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena condemned the strike, saying the union launched the strike in an arbitrary manner when the government was taking steps to resolve the issues they raised., two passengers were killed while traveling on packed trains: One was traveling on the roof of a compartment when his head hit an overhead railway bridge, and the other succumbed to injuries after he fell from the train’s footboard.
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