A letter on a letterhead similar to the official letterhead of the Government Teachers’ Association of Sri Lanka titled “Changing trade union action due to Covid- 19 pandemic” is circulating on social media.
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The letter reads; “We have decided to temporarily suspend protests as PCR reports of more than 20 teachers who participated in a protest in the Galle District have tested positive and 6 of them have been given oxygen.”
Our technical investigation into the case revealed that the letter was fake and that the signature of the General Secretary of the Government Teachers’ Association of Sri Lanka had been misused on the document.
The Deputy Secretary of the Government Teachers’ Association of Sri Lanka has posted an explanation regarding the above incident on his official Facebook account stating that legal action will be taken against this and that trade union activities will continue in this regard.
Accordingly, it is confirmed that the letter with the Government Teachers’ Association’s letterhead stating that the trade union action would be changed due to the Covid-19 situation is fake.