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  1. Case No 2860 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 23-MAY-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 No 367, March 2013 ( 1142 - 1185 )
  3. Case No 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 No 350, June 2008 ( 203 - 207 )
  5. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 348, November 2007 ( 1113 - 1146 )
  6. Case No 2419 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 12-MAY-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 No 353, March 2009 ( 271 - 273 )
  8. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 349, March 2008 ( 285 - 287 )
  9. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 344, March 2007 ( 199 - 202 )
  10. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 340, March 2006 ( 1276 - 1296 )
  11. Case No 2380 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 18-MAR-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 No 353, March 2009 ( 265 - 270 )
  13. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 349, March 2008 ( 279 - 284 )
  14. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 344, March 2007 ( 192 - 198 )
  15. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 340, March 2006 ( 1262 - 1275 )
  16. Interim Report - Report No 336, March 2005 ( 778 - 797 )
  17. Case No 2287 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 21-JUL-03The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
  18. Case No 2255 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 18-MAR-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 No 340, March 2006 ( 205 - 214 )
  20. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 336, March 2005 ( 103 - 112 )
  21. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 335, November 2004 ( 173 - 180 )
  22. Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 333, March 2004 ( 126 - 131 )
  23. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 332, November 2003 ( 915 - 956 )
  24. Case No 1621 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 12-DEC-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 No 286, March 1993 ( 176 - 193 )
  26. Case No 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 No 230, November 1983 ( 351 - 375 )
  28. Interim Report - Report No 218, November 1982 ( 416 - 436 )
  29. Interim Report - Report No 214, March 1982 ( 497 - 510 )
  30. Interim Report - Report No 208, June 1981 ( 324 - 341 )
  31. Case No 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 No 208, June 1981 ( 194 - 203 )
  33. Case No 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 No 230, November 1983 ( 351 - 375 )
  35. Interim Report - Report No 218, November 1982 ( 416 - 436 )
  36. Interim Report - Report No 214, March 1982 ( 497 - 510 )
  37. Interim Report - Report No 208, June 1981 ( 324 - 341 )
  38. Case No 913 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 27-SEP-78THE CEYLON FEDERATION OF LABOUR
  39. Definitive Report - Report No 197, November 1979 ( 310 - 325 )
  40. Interim Report - Report No 190, March 1979 ( 430 - 451 )
  41. Case No 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 No 96, 1967 ( 57 - 64 )
  43. Case No 343 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 13-JUN-63The Co-ordinating Committee of Trade Unions (Colombo)
  44. Definitive Report - Report No 82, 1965 ( 12 - 46 )
  45. Case No 34 (Sri Lanka) - Complaint date: 28-AUG-51Mr. K. Rajalingam, President of the Ceylon Workers' Congress
  46. Definitive Report - Report No 4, 1953 ( 162 - 172 )
  47. Interim Report - Report No 1, 1952 ( 103 - 107 )
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