A memorandum presented to the Cabinet on the solutions to salary anomalies in the Railway Department was accepted by the Cabinet after obtaining the observations of the Finance Ministry and Public Administration and Management Ministry, Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said.
Speaking at a meeting with the trade union representatives at the Transport and Civil Aviation Ministry Auditorium yesterday, the Minister said the Cabinet instructed to present the observations obtained by the National Salaries and Cadre Commission after the inquiry of the views and opinions from trade union representatives.
The trade union representatives said they called off the token strike scheduled to commence from midnight yesterday.
Secretary to the Transport and Civil Aviation Ministry Nihal Somaweera, General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways B.A.P. Ariyaratne, representatives from Railway Trade Unions and representatives from the Locomotive Engineers Association also participated.