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Minister threatens emergency powers to curb ‘misinformation’

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Minister threatens emergency powers to curb ‘misinformation’ [IFJ] 05-12-2025


Sitting Targets: Negligence and Occupational Risk in Sri Lanka [Counterpunch] 02-12-2025


/ UK NEXT, unions and making millions [UNISON]  ActNOW!  27-10-2025


CEB workers decide against strike action but to continue work-to-rule campaign [Ada Derana] 24-09-2025


CEB workers crank up trade union action [The Island] 22-09-2025



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Minister threatens emergency powers to curb ‘misinformation’ 2025-12-05 [IFJ]

Sitting Targets: Negligence and Occupational Risk in Sri Lanka 2025-12-02 [Counterpunch]

UK NEXT, unions and making millions  ActNOW!  2025-10-27 [UNISON]

Emergency GMOA meeting over transfer issues 2025-10-07 [The Morning]

CEB workers decide against strike action but to continue work-to-rule campaign 2025-09-24 [Ada Derana]

CEB workers crank up trade union action 2025-09-22 [The Island]

Global NEXT shuts down its only unionised factory in Sri Lanka after posting £1.08 billion profit forecast  ActNOW!  2025-09-16 [Clean Clothes Campaign]

CEB workers to intensify strike action effective today 2025-09-15 [Adaderana]

CEB unions threaten strike, but govt. stands firm 2025-09-10 [The Island]

Inside the Lives of Female Workers in Free Trade Zones 2025-09-09 [Groundviews]

Postal Strike Ends! 2.5 Mn Parcels Set to Be Delivered 2025-08-25 [Newsfirst]

Postal workers to resume duties from 4:00 pm today – Minister 2025-08-25 [Newswire]

Postal strike: talks scheduled between minister and union representatives 2025-08-24 [Hiru News]

Postal strike continues for 6th day 2025-08-23 [The Mirror]

Postal Strike Causes Rs. 120 Million Loss As Army Buses Used To Distribute Mail Amid Ongoing Protest 2025-08-23 [News First]

Postal Strike Continues: Authorities Prepare to Take Action Against Absentees 2025-08-21 [Newsfirst]

Tamil journalist interrogated for reporting on mass graves 2025-08-18 [IFJ]

Postal Employees To Strike From Midnight Today 2025-08-17 [News First]

Postal Unions to launch TU action from Sunday 2025-08-16 [Newswire]

Postal workers to launch islandwide strike from tomorrow 2025-08-16 [Aderana]

Global Workers continue to fight after Next’s Sri Lanka factory closure 2025-08-14 [IndustriALL]

Global Poverty wages: why NEXT factory closure claims don’t stack up 2025-08-14 [Labour Behind the Label]

New national desk strengthening care organizing in Sri Lanka 2025-07-23 [UNI Global Union]

Electricity trade unions to strike over Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025-07-22 [Newswire]

Factory Closure as Union-Busting 2025-06-22 [Asian Labour Review]

Trade unionist challenges health minister to a debate 2025-06-09 [The Island]

Tea estate workers seek ‘basic rights’ as citizens 2025-06-08 [The Sunday Island]

Women remain constrained by persistent pay gulf 2025-06-08 [The Sunday Times]

Tea estate workers seek ‘basic rights’ as citizens 2025-06-02 [UCA News]

Tea pickers missing worker protection 2025-05-27 [Deutsche Welle]

CEB engineers issue a warning again, postal workers also to strike 2025-05-25 [Hiru News]

Government silent as civil society demands action on reform 2025-05-15 [IFJ]

Women's struggles and men's unions 2025-04-14 [The Island]

'Sri Lanka is a union country', says global labour leader 2025-04-14 [The Island]

Trade Union Victory in Sri Lanka: Health Workers Regain Lost Benefits 2025-03-27 [UNI Global Union]

GMOA threatens union action if greivances remain unresolved 2025-03-24 [The Island]

Health professionals to launch strike 2025-03-20 [The Island]

Medical professionals and Postal workers on strike today 2025-03-18 [The Mirror]

Health professionals launch islandwide strike; postal workers’ strike continues 2025-03-18 [Ada Derana]

Lanka hospitals mark International Women's Day 2025-03-10 [The Island]

Health unions threaten strike unless... 2025-03-01 [The Island]

No justice for Lasantha Wickrematunge as murder suspects released 2025-02-13 [IFJ]

Women MPs push for stronger protections for female plantation workers 2025-02-02 [The Sunday Island]

New government must uphold press freedom, says Press Freedom Collective 2025-01-14 [The Island]

New government must uphold press freedom, says press freedom collective 2025-01-14 [IFJ]

Kuwait Domestic workers’ bondage exposes the brutal logic of global care chains 2025-01-11 [Global Labour Column]

Women workers endure the biggest blows from economic collapse 2025-01-05 [The Sunday Times]

IBK unionized workers stage strike over wages, others 2024-12-30 [The Nation]

Unionized rail workers threaten to launch general strike Dec. 5 2024-11-23 [The Nation]

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