Sri Lanka, June 5 -- For the first time in its history, employees of the '1990' Suwa Seriya emergency ambulance service have launched a street protest yesterday in Colombo. Staff members gathered to voice their strong dissent against what they described as a newly imposed "military-style administration" and arbitrary workspace transfers that undermine the welfare of workers.

Speaking to the media during the demonstration, an employee representative said that since the establishment of Suwa Seriya in 2016, the workforce has continuously endured a multitude of unresolved professional grievances across changing governments. Despite these decade-long hardship, the staff said that they prioritized the lives of patients and fulfilled their res...