{"id":67319,"date":"2020-01-25T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=67319"},"modified":"2020-01-25T13:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:23:07","slug":"government-spokesman-mahindananda-aluthgamage-states-govt-is-going-ahead-with-president-gotabayas-decision-to-increase-daily-wage-of-estate-workers-to-1000-rupees-from-march-1stcontrary-to-clai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=67319","title":{"rendered":"Government Spokesman Mahindananda Aluthgamage States Govt Is Going Ahead with President Gotabaya&#8217;s  Decision to Increase  Daily Wage of Estate Workers to 1000 Rupees From March 1st:&#8221;Contrary to Claims Plantation Companies Can Afford to Pay Rs 1000 Daily Wage&#8221;Says State Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by Shamindra Ferdinando<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Government Spokesman State Power Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said on Wednesday, January 22, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s decision to increase the daily wage of an estate worker to Rs. 1,000 from March 01, 2020, had not been seriously opposed by the Employers\u2019 Federation of Ceylon.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, lawmaker Aluthgamage said those who had been fighting for Rs 1,000 daily wage now question the government over the feasibility of the President\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Lawmaker Aluthgamage criticized the response of the UNP, and those Tamil political parties affiliated to the UNP, to the President\u2019s move.<\/p>\n<p>The Government Spokesman said that Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the President, was expected to meet representatives of the Employers\u2019 Federation of Ceylon to discuss the developments. <\/p>\n<p>Members of the Federation already held discussions with Plantation Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana. The discussions covered possible relief measures to overcome difficulties, lawmaker Aluthgamage said asserting that the government didn\u2019t experience serious resistance to what he called wage hike proposal.<\/p>\n<p>State Minister Aluthgamage\u2019s comments followed Employers\u2019 Federation of Ceylon declaring the grouping was \u2018deeply perturbed\u2019 by the government move. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Federation, the government had intervened in collective agreement among regional plantation companies and two major estate sector unions-CWC and LJEWU effective till January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The State Minister said that the government was going ahead with estate workers\u2019 wage hike.<\/p>\n<p>The Government Spokesman asserted that contrary to claims, plantation companies could afford to pay workers Rs 1,000 daily wage.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton67319\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D67319&amp;text=Government%20Spokesman%20Mahindananda%20Aluthgamage%20States%20Govt%20Is%20Going%20Ahead%20with%20President%20Gotabaya%26%238217%3Bs%20...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Shamindra Ferdinando Government Spokesman State Power Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said on Wednesday, January 22, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s decision to increase the daily wage of an estate worker to Rs. 1,000 from March 01, 2020, had not been seriously opposed by the Employers\u2019 Federation of Ceylon. Addressing the media at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, lawmaker &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=67319\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Government Spokesman Mahindananda Aluthgamage States Govt Is Going Ahead with President Gotabaya&#8217;s  Decision to Increase  Daily Wage of Estate Workers to 1000 Rupees From March 1st:&#8221;Contrary to Claims Plantation Companies Can Afford to Pay Rs 1000 Daily Wage&#8221;Says State Minister&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67319"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67321,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67319\/revisions\/67321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}