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Minister of Labour, Trade Union Relations and Social Empowerment Nimal Siripala de Silva: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 12 August 2020: 11 January 2019: Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Minister of Labour Vidura Wickremanayake: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 18 April 2022: 9 May 2022: Manusha Nanayakkara: Samagi Jana Balawegaya: 20 May 2022: 9 July 2022
Pages in category "Trade unions in Sri Lanka" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The CWC was formed by Peri Sundaram and G. R. Motha as an Indian Estates Workers Trade Union in 1950. It was an outgrowth of the Ceylon Indian Congress (CIC), formed 15 July 1939. [ 1 ] In 1950 the CIC changed its name to the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) and became the largest trade union in the country.
VK mentored them in trade union politics, leadership, and management, ensuring a strong line of succession within the union. Under VK's leadership, the NUW grew to become one of the leading trade unions in Sri Lanka, boasting nearly 500,000 members. It played a key role in the labour movement within the tea plantations.
The FDA previously said it was bringing legal action over the relationship between the Civil Service Code and the Act. Trade union’s legal challenge over Rwanda Act to be heard at High Court ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 April 2010 - 9 January 2015 Ministry of Co-operatives and Internal Trade Mangala Samaraweera: United National Party: 9 January 2015 - 9 November 2018 Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations Johnston Fernando: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 9 November 2018 - 11 January 2019
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 Union and gradually took over leadership of the CFL by 1946. The CFL was involved in the general strike of 1946 and its successor of 1947. It was the prime mover in the hartal (strike) of 1953.
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.