The labour movement in the global south: trade unions in Sri Lanka/
S. Janaka Biyanwila
- London: Routledge, 2011.
- 214p. 24cm.
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series, 36 .
Introduction: Sri Lanka, the Global South and Worker Struggles 1. History of Unions in Sri Lanka: The Colonial State and Political Unionism 2. Neo-liberalism and ethno-nationalism: "Motherland first, workplace second" 3. The Nurses and a Monk: Limits of Economic Unionism 4. Plantation Workers and Anti-Tamil Violence: Struggles of Political Unionism 5. Free Trade Zone Workers and Allianced: Building a Movement Unionism 6. Conclusion: Renewing Movement Politics and Global Labour Solidarity
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