Nominations for 72 representatives to be elected to Cooperative Bank of Sri Lanka Ports Authority were received on the 20th and candidates nominated by the All Ceylon Ports General Workers Union were elected uncontested. This is the first time candidates of the same team were returned to the posts uncontested.
The election of the Cooperative Bank which has 80% of the 7600 employees in the Port as its members and with a capital of Rs. 2000 million has been always influenced by politics in the country and is a gauge to find out the strength of trade unions. The port is an area where all political parties are tremendously active. In earlier elections held with the interference from political authority and various trade unions the JVP trade union was able to win.
The honesty, sacrifice and transparency with which members of the JVP work and the rapid progress the bank has made under the leadership of the JVP trade union has won the confidence of the members and knowing that it is futile to contest with the JVP trade union other trade unions kept away from handing over nominations.