Today's labour news
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]
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]
Ruhuna univeristy on strike demanding removal of VC 2024-11-21 [The Island]
Low Pay, No Support: Sri Lanka Delivery Drivers Seek Worker Rights For more info 2024-11-04 [Solidarity Center]
Journalist arrested for reporting protest 2024-10-31 [IFJ]
Special project underway to address public sector trade union issues 2024-09-05 [The Island]
Grama Niladharis on warpath, threaten strike 2024-08-13 [The Island]
Sri Lankan public banks unions secure hard-won agreement for 10,000 bank workers 2024-08-02 [UNI Global Union]
Pernicious, ubiquitous strikes 2024-07-13 [The Island]
Ad-hoc allowances trigger strikes in state sector 2024-07-13 [The Island]
Railway employees who are on strike given ultimatum to report to work by 12 noon today 2024-07-12 [The Island]
Striking railway workers and govt in no mood to compromise as commuters suffer 2024-07-12 [The Island]
Showdown on cards between govt and state sector unions over tough demands 2024-07-12 [The Island]
A railway union strike in Sri Lanka leaves tens of thousands of commuters stranded 2024-07-11 [The Post]
Uni non-academics ready to give up union action if..... 2024-07-01 [The Island]
Court bars planned teacher-prinical protest in Columbo 2024-06-27 [The Island]
SLAS union demands pay hike, threatens sick note campaign 2024-06-25 [The Island]
Tea estates condemn workers to sub-human lives, tribunal testimonies show 2024-06-23 [The Sunday Times]
Los sindicatos de Sri Lanka reclaman un diálogo social sobre controvertido proyecto de ley 2024-06-19 [IndustriALL]
Unions in Sri Lanka call for social dialogue on controversial bill 2024-06-19 [IndustriALL]
Railway strike to continue; thousands inconvenienced 2024-06-14 [The Island]
At first-ever Workers’ Tribunal: Judges recommend govt. to uphold dignity, rights of plantation workers 2024-06-11 [The Daily Mirror]
Call for declaring Jan 10 as day of Hill Country trade union martyrs 2024-06-11 [The Island]
35 days of trade union action cripples university system 2024-06-06 [The Mirror]
DFCC Bank supports Sri Lanka Tamil Women's Union's celebration of International Womens Day 2024-05-22 [The Island]
Festering pay tangle scuttles uni operations, unions dig in their heels 2024-05-12 [The Times]
Implementation of wage increase, responsibility of government and plantation owners -general secretary of Lanka Jathika Estate workers union, MP Vadival Suresh 2024-05-03 [The Island]
President to attend two May Day rallies 2024-05-01 [The Island]
Ceylon Electrical Workers Union Government Over New Electricity Act 2024-04-21 [Lanka Sara]
72 health sector unions to resume strike from Tuesday 2024-03-29 [The Island]
Backlog of containers caused by customs trade union action will take at least three weeks to clear 2024-03-21 [The Island]
Over 40 NGOs and Trade Unions in Sri Lanka Reject IMF Proposal 2024-03-20 [The Guardian]
CEB experienced staff in alarming exodus aftr inflation, taxes-union 2024-03-17 [The Island]
CEB experienced staff in alarming exodus aftr inflation, taxes-union 2024-03-17 [The Island]
CEB experienced staff in alarming exodus aftr inflation, taxes-union 2024-03-17 [The Island]
Striking Sri Lankan Workers Continue to Protest as Negotiations Break Down 2024-03-16 [Sourcing Journal]
Station master's union demands reinstatement of officers suspended for alledgedly assaulting two foreigners 2024-03-10 [The Island]
Union win in Sri Lanka 2024-03-05 [IndustriALL]
பெண் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு பாதுகாப்பான வேலைகள் மற்றும் சிறந்த ஊதியம் – சர்வதேச மகளிர் தினம் 2024 2024-03-02 [IUF Asia/Pacific]
කාන්තා කම්කරුවන්ට සුරක්ෂිත රැකියා සහ වඩා හොඳ වැටුප් – ජාත්යන්තර කාන්තා දිනය 2024 2024-03-02 [IUF Asia/Pacific]
Engineers union guns for CEB spokesman over his comments on live TV show 2024-02-22 [The Island]
Garment workers in Sri Lanka attacked by employer 2024-02-15 [IndustriALL]
State hospitals paralysed with 72 unions on strike 2024-02-14 [The Island]
Health unions strike despite Finance Ministry assurances 2024-02-14 [The Daily News]
Health trade unions to resume strike as talks fail 2024-02-12 [Adadarana]
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