Organizing workers in Sri Lankan Free Trade Zones27 October, 2015A workshop was organized on 25 October in Colombo under the IndustriALL/Unifor organizing project for women organizers and activists in Sri Lankan Export Processing Zones (EPZs). The participants were from IndustriALL affiliated unions in Sri Lanka involved in organizing workers in the Katunayake, Biyagama & Panadura Free Trade Zones (FTZs) in Sri Lanka.
Australian unions tell Ansell AGM: protest postponed for Sri Lanka solution15 October, 2015Leaders from three Australian trade unions spoke at the Ansell Annual Shareholders Meeting, in Melbourne, on 8 October to raise the labour dispute with the company in Sri Lanka.
Ansell faces Aussie protests against treatment of Sri Lankan workers25 August, 2015Unionists from the textile, manufacturing and construction sectors in Australia descended on the Melbourne-headquarters of condom and glove manufacturer Ansell today to demand better treatment of workers in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan affiliates intensify coordinated organizing in Free Trade Zones31 July, 2015IndustriALL Global Union and its major trade union affiliates in Sri Lanka are planning coordinatad organizing drives in the tough environments of Free Trade Zones, where workers’ rights are systematically treated with less importance than profit.
Coalition builds against Ansell, a world leader in harming workers13 July, 2015An expanding coalition of unions is demanding that Ansell live up to its slogan Ansell Protects.
Sri Lankan unions come together for major wage hike7 May, 2015IndustriALL affiliates in Sri Lanka have through collective actions achieved a wage increase for private sector workers by 15 – 35 per cent, making the minimum national wage for the sector around US$74.
Swiss shoe giant must take responsibility for Sri Lankan supplier 11 December, 2014A year ago, almost 200 shoe workers were sacked for organizing a trade union at Bata supplier, the Palla & Co factory in Sri Lanka.
Plans developed to confront precarious work in South Asia28 November, 2014Representatives from IndustriALL Global Union affiliates in India and Sri Lanka have developed a strategy to combat precarious work, in a regional coordination meeting in New Delhi on 22 to 23 November 2014.
Australian unions rally at Ansell AGM17 October, 2014IndustriALL Global Union’s Australian affiliates rallied at the Ansell Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Melbourne on 16 October, calling on the company to respect the rights of workers in its Sri Lankan factory.
SRI LANKA14 October, 2014As part of the ongoing efforts to change the Sri Lankan law, IndustriALL affiliates marked the World Day For Decent Work (WDDW) by Handing over a petition to co-coordinating secretary of President Rajapakse.
