"ATG Ceylon workers protest repeated rights violations", 31 January 2019

ATG Ceylon workers staged a protest in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Colombo on 30 January and handed him a memorandum seeking his immediate intervention to resolve a dispute with the British-Sri Lankan industrial glove manufacturer.

It follows numerous worker demonstrations in recent days after ATG Ceylon unjustly terminated five employees including union office bearers on 11 January, prompting workers to launch immediate strike action...

...ATG Ceylon management continues to ignore advice...from conciliatory talks...meanwhile, the management has used a court order to stop the union officers and leaders of...FTZ&GSEU, from meeting and addressing the protesting workers...

...Anton Marcus of FTZ&GSEU said: “The termination of five employees is a gross violation of workers' fundamental rights and goes against the Sri Lankan constitution. ATG Ceylon should respect the proposals given by the labour commissioner and take corrective action to resolve the dispute immediately. The company’s aggressive effort to stop union leaders from interacting with striking workers is against the principle of justice..."