Labour hero Tampoe remembered
Trade union leaders, politicians, academics and former colleagues of Bala Tampoe will attend today's ceremonial renaming of 22nd Lane,...
Remembering Bala Tampoe on his birth centenary
The trade union firebrand is no more with us having passed away in September 2014. Bala Tampoe's birth centenary was on 23 May.
Bala Tampoe: A Legacy of Action
September 1 marks 11 years since Bala Tampoe's passing. A lifelong defender of the oppressed, he dedicated...
Trade Comrade Bala Tampoe Union Firebrand
May 23 was the 92nd birthday of Sri Lanka's unique trade union leader Philips Balendra Tampoe known generally as Bala Tampoe.
Labour’s lost agency
In late December 2014, the Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) head office was blockaded by temporary workers demanding secure employment on equal terms with those on...
Obituary – Bala Tampoe
Bala Tampoe, general secretary of CMU passed away on 1 September after a brief period of illness. An advocate of criminal law, Bala became General Secretary of...
Remembering Comrade Bala Tampoe, the Legendary Trade Union Leader
Bala was born in Negombo on May 23, 1922 and both his parents were of Jaffna Tamil stock. His father, Francis Tampoe-Philips was an excise...
Bala, Sri Lanka’s quintessential unionist
The last fleeting glimpse of Bala Tampoe, the doughty trade unionist who one might say died with his boots on, was sitting on the pillion of...
Bala Tampoe, one of the heroes of the trade union movement
Trade unionism today is dying in Sri Lanka. Most of the purported-to-be great TU leaders have persistently betrayed their cause,...
Comrade Bala Tampoe, the Legend Is No More!
Photography by Kannan Arunasalam, via i.am Meeting with comrade Bala Tampoe at the Ceylon Mercantile Union (CMU) office in Colombo had been...
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Long-serving trade unionist and General Secretary of the Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers Union (CMU); key figure in Sri Lanka's post‑independence labor movement (1913–2014).