Biyanwila, S. Janaka

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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