A report and photo from PD Saranapala, a Trade Unionist in Sri Lanka.

This is to inform you that we had a picketing to support the strike of the plantation workers on yesterday. It took 10days but no permanent solution yet. The discussions going on. The biggest union is with the government (thondaman). There are several campaigns going on and police attacked some of them.

The demand is to increase of daily wage up to 500/= rupees. Present wage is 200/= rupees per day. There are lots of grievances in the plantation sector. Inadequate health, education, water etc;

Our campaign was at city of Ratnapura. Socialist Plantation workers headed it. Some other unions also supported. Participants were nearly 100. We got publicity in main T.V. channels too. They announced that the socialist plantation workers union headed the campaign. This is the first time we got publicity in public tv CHANNEL.