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  2. A railway union strike in Sri Lanka leaves tens of thousands ...

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    A railway union strike stopped most trains across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of passengers to brave the few dangerously overcrowded trains that kept running or be stranded ...

  3. National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    During this period, P. Thigambaram was elected as the union's president. He was later elected to the Central Provincial Council from the Nuwara Eliya District, with M. Udayakumar serving as vice president. In the 2010 parliamentary elections, P. Thigambaram was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka from the Nuwara Eliya District. In the 2015 ...

  4. Ceylon Federation of Labour - Wikipedia

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    The Ceylon Federation of Labour was registered as a federation of unions by the Workers & Peasants Union, which was led by the Radical Party under the influence of the ideas of M.N. Roy of India. When the Lanka Sama Samaja Party re-commenced its trade union activity in the post-war period, it did so in co-operation with the Workers & Peasants ...

  5. Ceylon Mercantile Union - Wikipedia

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    The Ceylon Mercantile Union (CMU) is one of the largest trade unions in the commercial sector in Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers Union was originally built in 1928 as a white-collar union in the mercantile sector. Victor Corea and A.E. Goonesinha were respectively the inaugural President and secretary of the CMU.

  6. Unions pressure ministers to raise worker sick pay - AOL

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    The government is facing growing pressure from trade unions to increase Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). A total of 24 union leaders have written to the prime minister, concerned that Labour's manifesto ...

  7. Ceylon Trade Union Federation - Wikipedia

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    The Ceylon Trade Union Federation (abbreviated CTUF) was a national trade union centre in Ceylon/Sri Lanka. CTUF was founded in December 1940, united various unions led by the United Socialist Party. [1] [2] The founding meeting of CTUF was chaired by a Buddhist monk, Ven. Saranankara. [3] [4] Pieter Keuneman served as CTUF president for some ...

  8. All Ceylon United Motor Workers' Union - Wikipedia

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    Batty Weerakoon, The Ceylon Federation of Labour & the Trade Union Movement in Sri Lanka (1932-1975), (abridged version) accessed on 4 November 2005. Leslie Goonewardena, Short History of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party Archived 2006-10-31 at the Wayback Machine accessed 4 November 2005. Colvin R. de Silva, Hartal! accessed 4 November 2005.

  9. Sri Lanka's new president Dissanayake promises change - AOL

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    COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is ...