Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Sri Lankan plantation unions sign poverty-level pay deal

Unions and employers brought negotiations to a rapid conclusion after protests over the past three weeks by tens of thousands of free trade zone (FTZ) workers against a government pension scheme. Clearly shocked that the demonstrations had developed outside the control of the FTZ trade unions, the government was worried that plantation workers would also take wildcat action.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jun2011/slpl-j11.shtml