The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe
Wasantha Samarasinghe stated that after years of disagreement between unions and planters over a Collective Agreement, the Wages Board settled on a daily wage of Rs. 1,350 for plantation workers. He said Rs. 200 would be added to the basic wage and a further Rs. 200 provided by the Government, amounting to an additional Rs. 10,000 per month for 25 working days. He called for collective action if plantation workers do not receive the promised increase.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, in 30 seconds: for five years unions were on one side and planters on the other; they did not sign a Collective Agreement due to that issue. Finally, they agreed at the Wages Board to Rs. 1,350. We now say Rs. 200 will certainly be added to the basic, and another Rs. 200 from the Government. For 25 days, Rs. 10,000 will be added to plantation workers’ monthly pay. If not received, we invite you to join the struggle to obtain it.
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- Hansard, Saturday, 8 November 2025 ·No. 22727 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 November 2025. No. 22727. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6526