Amid worsening economic conditions, unions in Sri Lanka organised a general strike against the recent electricity price hikes. Around 10,000 workers participated in the main rally. It has been three years since the end of the war against the LTTE in the north of the island, and this was the first general strike of the new post war era. Organisation within the union movement is still very weak, with many sectors not participating, and the government using widespread intimidation to try and stifle this strike.
Amid worsening economic conditions, unions in Sri Lanka organised a general strike against the recent electricity price hikes. Around 10,000 workers participated in the main rally. It has been three years since the end of the war against the LTTE in the north of the island, and this was the first general strike of the new post war era. Organisation within the union movement is still very weak, with many sectors not participating, and the government using widespread intimidation to try and stifle this strike.
