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  1. CASE_NUMBER 2860 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 23-MAI-11Health Sector Trade Union Alliance (HSTUA), Trade Union Confederation (TUC) and Government Nursing Officers Association (GNOA) The complainant organizations allege anti-union discrimination, threats against and transfers of union members and the withdrawal of the facilities previously granted to the President of the GNOA as reprisal for their participation in industrial actions
  2. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO367, March 2013 ( 1142 - 1185 )
  3. CASE_NUMBER 2519 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 27-SEP-06The Health Services Trade Union Alliance — the Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees Union — the Jathika Sewaka Sangamaya — the Suhada Waraya Sewaka Sangamaya — the United Federation of Labour — the Union of Post and Telecommunication Officers — the Dumriya Podhu Sewaka Sahayogitha Vurthiya Samithiya supported by — the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF) and — the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) The complainants allege that the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) refused to negotiate wage increment issues, despite several attempts by the complainants to compel negotiations, including a peaceful “work to rule” action in which 14 trade unions participated. They also allege the filing of a complaint by a third party unconnected to collective bargaining and judicial intervention restricting the right to strike of trade unions
  4. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO350, June 2008 ( 203 - 207 )
  5. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO348, November 2007 ( 1113 - 1146 )
  6. CASE_NUMBER 2419 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 12-MAI-05The International Textile, Garment & Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)The complainant alleges that the management of the New Design Manufacturing Ltd. factory dismissed 250 workers for having participated in a strike and refused to reinstate them as advised by the Commissioner General of Labour. It therefore alleges failure of the Government to uphold workers’ right to strike and to ensure protection against anti-union discrimination
  7. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO353, March 2009 ( 271 - 273 )
  8. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO349, March 2008 ( 285 - 287 )
  9. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO344, March 2007 ( 199 - 202 )
  10. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO340, March 2006 ( 1276 - 1296 )
  11. CASE_NUMBER 2380 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 18-MRZ-04International Textile, Garment & Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF)The complainant alleges that Workwear Lanka, located in the Biyagama Free Trade Zone, has undertaken a campaign of intimidation and harassment, including the dismissal of 100 workers suspected of trade union membership, in order to prevent its workers from setting up a branch of the Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union
  12. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO353, March 2009 ( 265 - 270 )
  13. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO349, March 2008 ( 279 - 284 )
  14. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO344, March 2007 ( 192 - 198 )
  15. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO340, March 2006 ( 1262 - 1275 )
  16. Interim Report - REPORT_NO336, March 2005 ( 778 - 797 )
  17. CASE_NUMBER 2287 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 21-JUL-03The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
  18. CASE_NUMBER 2255 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 18-MRZ-03The International Textile, Garment & Leather Workers’ Federation (ITGLWF) on behalf of the Ceylon Mercantile Industrial and General Workers’ Union (CMU) The complainant alleges that the Guidelines for the Formation and Operation of Employees’ Councils issued by the Board of Investment (BOI) which is the overseeing public authority in free trade zones, hamper the creation of free and independent trade unions and prevent them from exercising the right to bargain collectively for five reasons: (a) they require trade unions and employees’ councils to compete for collective bargaining rights; (b) they do not guarantee free elections for employees’ councils; (c) they do not safeguard the independence of employees’ councils vis-à-vis the employer; (d) they provide employees’ councils with favourable treatment which could influence the choice of workers as to which organization they wish to represent them; and (e) they set up a special regime for the resolution of industrial disputes under the authority of the BOI instead of the competent labour authorities
  19. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO340, March 2006 ( 205 - 214 )
  20. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO336, March 2005 ( 103 - 112 )
  21. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO335, November 2004 ( 173 - 180 )
  22. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO333, March 2004 ( 126 - 131 )
  23. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO332, November 2003 ( 915 - 956 )
  24. CASE_NUMBER 1621 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 12-DEZ-91The International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), the International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) and the Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers' Union (CMU)
  25. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO286, March 1993 ( 176 - 193 )
  26. CASE_NUMBER 1003 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 17-SEP-80The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), the Trade Unions International of Workers in the Building, Wood and Building Materials Industries (UITBB), the Industrial and General Workers' Union of Ceylon (IGWU) and the Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees (TUIPAE)
  27. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO230, November 1983 ( 351 - 375 )
  28. Interim Report - REPORT_NO218, November 1982 ( 416 - 436 )
  29. Interim Report - REPORT_NO214, March 1982 ( 497 - 510 )
  30. Interim Report - REPORT_NO208, June 1981 ( 324 - 341 )
  31. CASE_NUMBER 990 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 05-AUG-80THE SRI LANKA INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEES UNION
  32. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO208, June 1981 ( 194 - 203 )
  33. CASE_NUMBER 988 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 29-JUL-80CEYLON FEDERATION OF LABOUR, THE WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS AND SEVERAL OTHER TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS
  34. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - REPORT_NO230, November 1983 ( 351 - 375 )
  35. Interim Report - REPORT_NO218, November 1982 ( 416 - 436 )
  36. Interim Report - REPORT_NO214, March 1982 ( 497 - 510 )
  37. Interim Report - REPORT_NO208, June 1981 ( 324 - 341 )
  38. CASE_NUMBER 913 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 27-SEP-78THE CEYLON FEDERATION OF LABOUR
  39. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO197, November 1979 ( 310 - 325 )
  40. Interim Report - REPORT_NO190, March 1979 ( 430 - 451 )
  41. CASE_NUMBER 491 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 29-JUL-66The Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees (Trade Department of the World Federation of Trade Unions)
  42. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO96, 1967 ( 57 - 64 )
  43. CASE_NUMBER 343 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 13-JUN-63The Co-ordinating Committee of Trade Unions (Colombo)
  44. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO82, 1965 ( 12 - 46 )
  45. CASE_NUMBER 34 (Sri Lanka) - COMPLAINT_DATE: 28-AUG-51Mr. K. Rajalingam, President of the Ceylon Workers' Congress
  46. Definitive Report - REPORT_NO4, 1953 ( 162 - 172 )
  47. Interim Report - REPORT_NO1, 1952 ( 103 - 107 )
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