After wage unrests that hit headlines, Bangladesh’s Ready Made Garment [RMG] sector is warming-up to become the ‘most competitive clothing manufacturing destination in the world’ within the decade. Read the rest of this entry »
After wage unrests that hit headlines, Bangladesh’s Ready Made Garment [RMG] sector is warming-up to become the ‘most competitive clothing manufacturing destination in the world’ within the decade. Read the rest of this entry »
Sri Lanka’s garment workers are waiting for wage increases promised during Presidential Election campaigning. Read the rest of this entry »
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Labour to summon Wages Boards, to increase private sector wages . Read the rest of this entry »
Sri Lanka’s biggest foreign exchange generator, migrant labour, is highly politicized, poorly regulated and riddled with corruption, shows the latest study. Read the rest of this entry »
Sri Lanka’s 3 quarter unemployment rate for 2009 was reported as 5.9% compared to 5.5% for the same period 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
After 30 years spent on war, now old age is catching up with Sri Lanka. Economists are ringing warning bells that Sri Lanka’s post-war economic growth may decelerate because of aging population. Read the rest of this entry »
Although Sri Lanka’s apparel exports are recovering, free trade zone news reports say some garment factories are still shedding workers. Read the rest of this entry »
Maskeliya Plantations reported a Rs 242 million loss after taxes, for the 6 months of the current financial year, mainly due to payment of wage arrears after the wage increase in the plantation sector. Read the rest of this entry »
Essential public sector services of petroleum, water and electricity, that were under trade union work to rule, are now back to normal, said the Government Information Department. Read the rest of this entry »
The work-to-rule campaigns by several trade unions of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Water Board and Ports Authority, have ended. Read the rest of this entry »
