Sri Lankan unions rally behind presidential candidates of ruling elite
The anti-working class character of the plantation unions in Sri Lanka has been underscored by the campaign for the January 26 presidential elections.
•S. Ajanthan
S. Ajanthan
Sri Lankan plantation unions undermine workers’ pay
Amid the global economic downturn, Sri Lankan plantation trade unions are collaborating with employers in pay negotiations to keep the income of hundreds of thousands of tea, rubber and coconut workers at poverty levels.
•S. Ajanthan
Sri Lanka: Military offensive used to clear eastern Special Economic Zone
In an unprecedented move, the Sri Lankan government has created a High Security Zone (HSZ) around a new Special Economic Zone at Sampur and Muttur East in the eastern district of Trincomalee. The area was held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) before being seized by the military last September in open breach of the 2002 ceasefire agreement.
•S. Ajanthan