Determined to prevent any confrontation with the government, the unions limited the event to a lunchbreak protest, making it impossible for workers from outside Colombo participating.
The scheme is a result of further discussion between management and the trade unions as part of the IMF austerity measures of the Wickremesinghe government.
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While workers want to fight to defend their rights, trade union leaders are calling for the establishment of corporatist bodies that will impose the demands of companies and the government.
The Wickremesinghe government’s new labour laws are in order to impose the International Monetary Fund’s austerity program and make workers and the poor pay for the crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism.