| DOHA, QATAR - Hearing in a public petition filed by an umbrella of US labour unions challenging the Sri Lankan government’s failure to allow unions within the export processing zones and outside, resumes in Washington next month, officials said.The petition filed by AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) urges the US government to stop GSP benefits to Sri Lanka unless the situation improves as per freedom of association, collective bargaining and acceptable conditions of work. |
Sunday December 18, 2011