Export processing zones, domestic workers, sailors, migrants... Despite the hostility of many employers, Sri Lanka’s trade unions are managing to help the categories of workers who are most difficult to organise. In the north of the country, the war between the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tigers makes working conditions dangerous. The government also uses the war as a pretext for attacking press freedom: at least 12 journalists have been assassinated during the past 36 months and dozens more have fled abroad.
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Sri Lanka: Trade unions hard at work
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