Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- The strike action initiated by the Postal and Telecommunications Officers' Union, together with the United Postal Trade Unions' Front (UPTUF), will continue for the second consecutive day today (18).

According to union representatives, the strike is based on 19 key demands. These include the payment of overtime allowances for postal officers and opposition to the directive requiring officers in administrative and accounts offices to record attendance using fingerprint machines.

The strike commenced at 4.00 p.m. yesterday (17) at the Colombo Central Mail Exchange and escalated into a continuous, island-wide strike covering postal and administrative offices from midnight onwards.

As a result, all postal services wil...