No to forced work amid raging pandemic! All non-essential production must be shutdown with full compensation to workers!
No to forced work amid raging pandemic! All non-essential production must be shutdown with full compensation to workers! Big businesses in Sri Lanka are openly demanding employees keep working in the face of a rising number of COVID-19 infections. These life-threatening demands are fully backed by the government of President Gotabhaya Rajapakse. Numerous cases have come to light in recent weeks of employees being forced to work by local firms and foreign companies registered with the Board of Investment (BOI). Over 1,600 companies, employing more than 700,000 workers in free trade zones (FTZs...
Source: wsws.org