{"id":10190,"date":"2022-11-29T16:15:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/?p=10190"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:34:14","slug":"discussion-with-labour-and-foreign-employment-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/?p=10190","title":{"rendered":"Plight of Professional Journalists in Sri Lanka revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10193 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-4-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-4-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-4-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-4-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-4-400x299.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/>The General Secretary of the Federation of Media Workers Trade Unions Mr. Dharmasiri Lankapeli and the Deputy General Secretary Mrs. Indira Navagamuwa held a discussion with the Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment Mr. Manusha Nanayakkara on November 22, 2022, at the Ministry, which revealed the sad working conditions of professional journalists in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>The Federation of Media Employees Unions explained in this discussion that journalism is the only profession that does not have the basic professional rights that the majority of professional journalists in Sri Lanka should have.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10192 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-3-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-3-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-3-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-3-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-3-400x219.jpg 400w, https:\/\/fmetu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A report compiled a unique exploration of the professional status of journalists and the challenges faced by the media industry by the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions The matter was clarified to the minister.<\/p>\n<p>The IFJ-Union to Union (UTU) Global Union program with the guidance and support of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) organized this program.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister also agreed to hold a broad discussion on the professional issues faced by journalists and the challenges faced by the media industry on December 13 with a large representation of journalists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The General Secretary of the Federation of Media Workers Trade Unions Mr. Dharmasiri Lankapeli and the Deputy General Secretary Mrs. Indira Navagamuwa held a discussion with the Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment Mr. Manusha Nanayakkara on November 22, 2022, at the Ministry, which revealed the sad working conditions of professional journalists in Sri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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