This week, more than 3000 workers from a number of independent unions staged a demonstration as part of a continuing campaign in support of their right to organise without intimidation (see here and here). Since the formation of a new government in the middle of last year, employers have staged an unrelenting offensive against unions in the Free Trade Zones of Sri Lanka. Workers have complained that some of them have been attacked, some sexually harassed, while others have been put on precarious employment contracts or dismissed because of their struggle to form unions.
This week, more than 3000 workers from a number of independent unions staged a demonstration as part of a continuing campaign in support of their right to organise without intimidation (see here and here). Since the formation of a new government in the middle of last year, employers have staged an unrelenting offensive against unions in the Free Trade Zones of Sri Lanka. Workers have complained that some of them have been attacked, some sexually harassed, while others have been put on precarious employment contracts or dismissed because of their struggle to form unions.
