Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan SEP to hold election meeting in Galle
September 29, 2009
As a part of its campaign for the Southern Provincial Council elections, the SEP will hold a public meeting in the provincial capital of Galle on Sunday, October 4.
Sri Lankan SEP campaigns in southern rural villages
By our correspondents, September 28, 2009
The SEP has intervened in the southern coastal town of Hikkaduwa and surrounding villages, including Udumulla, Thotagamuwa and Seenigama, as part of its campaign for the Southern Provincial Council el...
Sri Lankan plantation workers speak out against pay sell-out
By our correspondents, September 26, 2009
Speaking to the WSWS, workers from several tea estates angrily condemned the pay deal and all of the unions, including those that nominally claimed to oppose it.
Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka: “Almost living in hell”
By our correspondents, September 25, 2009
WSWS correspondents again visited the military-run camps in Vavuniya where hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians have been detained in appalling conditions for four months.
Sri Lankan unions collaborate in police witch-hunt of plantation workers
By M. Vasanthan, September 24, 2009
Leaders of plantation-based trade unions have assisted the police in bringing charges against workers opposing last week’s pay agreement.
Sri Lankan SEP public meeting on the struggle of plantation workers
September 23, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party will hold a public meeting on “The World Economic Crisis and the Plantation Workers’ Struggle” in Hatton on September 27.
Sri Lanka: An appeal to all workers by the Balmoral Estate Action Committee
September 22, 2009
Workers at the Balmoral tea estate near Bogawanthalawa have issued an appeal calling on workers throughout Sri Lanka’s plantations to follow their lead in rejecting the current pay agreement and for...
Sri Lankan provincial election: SEP campaigns in fishing villages
By Ratnasiri Malalagama, SEP candidate, September 22, 2009
Socialist Equality Party supporters visited several fishing villages in the Galle district as part of the party’s provincial election campaign. Poverty-stricken fishermen expressed hostility to loca...
Sri Lankan provincial election
SEP campaigns among Free Trade Zone workers
By Panini Wijesiriwardena, September 19, 2009
As part of its campaign for the Southern Provincial Council elections on October 10, the SEP spoke to workers from the Koggala Free Trade Zone near Galle. The SEP is standing a slate of 26 candidates ...
Sri Lankan plantation unions sign sell-out pay deal
By our correspondents, September 18, 2009
In opposition to the unions, there are many signs of widespread anger among workers over the wage agreement. Tens of thousands of plantation workers have rejected the deal and are continuing a go-slow...
Sri Lankan SEP holds first meeting for Southern Provincial Council election
By our correspondents, September 17, 2009
Sri Lankan SEP launched its campaign for Southern Provincial Council elections with a public meeting in the coastal town Ambalangoda.
Sri Lanka: Plantation workers oppose wage sell-out
By our correspondents, September 16, 2009
Tens of thousands of plantation workers are defying the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) and continuing their go-slow actions in protest at the sell-out wage deal struck by the union and employers on Sat...
