Ceylon Labour Union celebrates 100th Anniversary
The Ceylon Labour Union, which celebrates its centenary anniversary in September this year 2022, was an organization formed during the height of British...
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The consultant physician at the Kuliyapitiya hospital arrested by bribery commission officials while accepting a Rs.75000 bribe was remanded...
A. E. GOONESINHA FATHER OF THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN SRI LANKA
Labour Day or May Day was first held in Ceylon in 1927 under the leadership of A.E. Goonesinha (and registered as the Worker's Day for the...
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Having been freed from British rule, we were at liberty to do whatever we wanted to do. Yet, nothing substantial was done by our political...
May Day: An election is approaching
An election is approaching and all the political parties are ready to hammer and tongs at one another. Each promising the never-ending...
Sinhalese and their fear of freedom
Anagarika Dharmapala, A.E. Goonesinha and C.W.W. Kannangara, three of the radical champions of the early 20th century who were 'managed' by...
Red, the colour of his childhood
Much has been written about the public life of Labour Leader AE Goonesinha, who was the pivot around which the workers' movement grew and spawned trade unions.
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Early 20th‑century labour pioneer who founded the Ceylon Labour Union and was a leading organiser for workers' rights in colonial Ceylon (1884–1951).