Sri Lanka, Sept. 21 -- Several trade unions of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have announced that they will intensify their trade union action further against the proposed restructuring of the CEB, effective midnight today (21).

The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers' Union (CEBEU), along with other affiliated unions, had initially decided to stage the trade union action in three phases.

The first phase was initiated as a 'work-to-rule' trade union action.

In the second phase, all employees reported sick leave in two groups on September 17 and 18), during which a demonstration was also staged opposite the CEB head office.

Although 17 days have passed since the strike commenced on September 4, the CEB Engineers' Union stated that t...