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SRI LANKAAppendix 1Significant events in Sri Lanka June 2000 – 20012000JanuaryAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberNovemberDecemberChandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga of the People’s Alliance begins four-year term as President, following theDecember 1999 election marred by an attempt on her life with a bomb attack by the LTTE.Terrorist bomb attack on Prime Minister’s office in Colombo. A political leader, Kumar Ponnambalam, assassinated.Norwegian delegation leads peace talks.FTZWU formed – first of its kind in FTZs.Peace talks held as LTTE launch assault on Elephant Pass army camp in the northern peninsula. Sri Lanka armywithdraw.Government imposes blanket censorship on the war in the North.Government extends Emergency Regulations under the Public Security Ordinance, banning all demonstrations, strikes,and some public meetings.Minister CV Gunaratne assassinated on War Heroes Day.Factory Ordinance Amendment opposed by FTZWU.Parliament suspended.Private sector urges government to change labour laws.President re-calls government to extend the State of Emergency.Minister AHM Ashraff, leader of SLMC (Sri Lanka Muslim Congress) dies in an air crash.The world’s first woman prime minister Srimavo Bandaranaike dies.Diesel and gas prices rise.LTTE declare one-month ceasefire.2001JanuaryMarchJulyDecember2002FebruaryAprilMayJuneJulyAugustFloating of Sri Lankan rupee.Electricity crisis as dams run low - major power cuts enforced throughout the country, eight hours per day. Power cutslast until November.Government signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the IMF: ‘package’ commits privatisation of at leasteight public institutions, and conditions to add to cost of living.Colombo’s Katunayake Airport suffers bomb attack. LTTE claimed responsibility. ‘Terrorist’ attack blamed for downturnin tourist numbers and the economy etc.Sri Lankan Parliamentary elections – a coalition, UNF comes to power after seven-years’ rule by the People’s Alliance(PA). United National Party leader Ranil Wickramasinghe becomes Prime Minister, while the PA’s ChandrikaBandaranaike Kumaratunga retains her position as President.Economy slips to zero-growth for first time since independence.Government and LTTE sign a MoU. Norway acts as mediator. Peace talks scheduled in Bangkok in May.Scheduled power cuts again across the island – five hours per day.LTTE leader Vallupilli Prabakaran makes first public appearance after more than 10 years at a press conference held inVavuniya, to discuss the peace process. Large attendance by foreign media.Power cuts end again.May Day 2002 – 16 democratic and independent unions join to oppose anti-worker changes to labour law andgovernment’s programme of privatisation.ILO tripartite workshop – government, BOI, and employers make commitment to implement amendment to the IndustrialDisputes Act in the FTZs.Bus fare price hikePeace talks between Sri Lankan Government and LTTE delayed.Government introduces VAT (value added tax) – 20 percent on non-essential goods and services, 10 percent on essentialgoods.Overtime legislation amended for women – from 100 hours per year to 720 hours per year (60 hours per month).Asia Pacific Labour Law Review 11
South AsiaAppendix 2Key trade union federations in Sri LankaJathika Sevaka SangamayaUnited Federation of LabourInter Company Employees UnionCentral Council of Trade UnionsFree Trade Zone Workers UnionConfederation of Public ServiceIndependent Trade UnionsMr P AthukoralaChief OrganiserMr Sirinal de MelGeneral SecretaryMr Linus Jayathilaka, PresidentMr S AmarasingheGeneral SecretaryMr PPF PereraGeneral SecretaryMr Anton MarcusGeneral SecretaryAdhikari JayaratneGeneral Secretary416 Kotte RoadPitakotteSri Lanka17 Barrack LaneColombo 29 Kandy RoadDalugamaKelaniya34 Nawala RoadRajagiriya141 Ananda Rajakaruna MwColombo 10ftzunion@diamond.lanka.net32, opposite Maha VidyalayaGalamuruwaNational Estate Services UnionNational Workers’ CongressLanka Jathka Estate Workers’ UnionCeylon Mercantile, Industrial &General Workers UnionCeylon Federation of LabourCeylon Bank Employees UnionCeylon Workers CongressCeylon Federation of Trade UnionsSri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka SangamayaCentral Council of Ceylon TradeUnionsMr MSAH Mohideen General SecretaryMr A LodwickGeneral SecretaryMr Raja SeneviratneGeneral SecretaryMr Bala TampoeGeneral SecretaryMr S SiriwardeneGeneral SecretaryMr MR ShahGeneral SecretaryMr Harry Sandrasekera SecretaryMr DW Subasinghe General SecretaryMr Leslie Devendra General SecretaryMr Thilak Kulasekara Member60 Bandaranayake PuraWelikadaRajagiriya94, 1/6 York BuildingColombo 160 Bandaranayake PuraWelikadaRajagiriyaNo.3, 22nd LaneColombo 3457 Union PlaceColombo 2No.22, Temple RoadMaradanaColombo 1019 St Michael’s RoadColombo 3513 2/1, Elvitigala MwColombo 5301 TB Jayah MawathaColombo 10141/1 Dr Dharamawardane Mw, PellenwattaPannipitiya12Asia Monitor Resource Centre
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