FUTA delivers leaflets, except at NFF, govt. May Day rallies
May 1, 2013, 10:01 pm , The Islandby Dasun Edirisinghe
University teachers who are demanding an allocation of six per cent of the GDP for the education sector held a protest march and leaflet distribution campaign yesterday.
Secretary of the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) Dr. Rohan Fernando told The Island that they had started their protest march from the Open University and reached the Colombo University via Narahenpita, Kirula Road, Havelock Town and Thummulla.
He said that the FUTA had suspended last year’s strike on the assurance given by the government that their demands would be met. But, that promise had not been honoured, he said.
"We also distributed leaflets at the venues of May Day rallies," he said.
The senior academic said, they however avoided the government’s May Day rally and that of the Minister Wimal Weerawansa-led National Freedom Front.
The FUTA distributed leaflets calling for allocating six per cent of the GDP for education and saving education, at rallies conducted by Bala Tampoe’s CMU, the JVP, the Frontline Socialist Party, General Sarath Fonseka’s Democratic Party, the Trade Union Federation, the Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees’ Union, the Pensioners’ union and the Trade union front.
