1,416 workers at the #Katunayake factory were misled by #NEXT management into signing voluntary resignation letters in order to obtain compensation. 16 workers refused to resign and filed a complaint for unlawful termination

https://cleanclothes.org/news/2025/next-escalates-union-activity-in-sri-lanka-following-closure-of-own-factory

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#SriLanka: #NEXT shuts down the country's only unionised garment factory - by #WhatsApp

"The #Katunayake factory was the only garment factory in the country with a Collective Bargaining Agreement -- a landmark victory for workers of the #FreeTradeZones and #GeneralServicesEmployeesUnion (#FTZ & #GSEU)."

https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=5696

via #LabourStart

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#Manpower #workers from the #Katunayake #FTZ area make urgent appeal. "I'm a Manpower worker. My husband is a #dailywage worker. Neither of us have had work for 1-1.5 months. We have no means to survive. We have got nothing from the Govt so far." #lka - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CDt5Xzh0Cm8TNLeqX7jexHHroXUlx41l/view?usp=sharing

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