“Nowadays May Day is used as political propaganda by the trade unions and the capitalist parties. In fact, May Day belongs to the workers and it should be a day that brings together workers in struggle in every country.” –Kandy Hospital nurse
SEP and Plantation Workers Action Committee members campaigned at the Alton, Fairlawn, Glenugie, Strathspey and Gartmore estates in Maskeliya prior to Wickremesinghe’s cancelation of the local government polls.
“While the US always says it is defending the human rights of people in other countries it has destroyed many countries, such as Iraq, Syria and Libya.” – R. Gophiraj
The wage cuts and new work targets are part of the ongoing efforts of the tea plantation companies, assisted by the trade unions, to drive up productivity and boost profits.
Plantation management has unleashed its victimisations, not just to intimidate Alton Estate workers but as part of a national plan to impose even harsher workload in all estates and to drive-up company profits.