Tag: #FreeTradeZone

Dabindu Collective and other Civil Society Organizations were engaged and organized the campaign about Period Poverty with the theme of ” Bleed with Dignity” on the 21st and 22nd of October 2023. As part of the two-day campaign, we organized a Media Conference with Civil Society Members who were working with the Free Trade Zone and shared their opinions and issues that the workers are facing during their menstruation period. On the second day, We organized a Doctor Discussion and stoles exhibition about Menstruation. We also conducted some entertainment games “Ring toss” during the campaign. The workers and audience have actively engaged with this event and Dabindu Collective Sri Lanka is able to provide sanitary napkins as a reward for the winners. Finally, Pad distribution was conducted for the workers.

டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பு மற்றும் பிற சிவில் சமூக அமைப்புகள் 2023 அக்டோபர் 21 மற்றும் 22 திகதிகளில் “கண்ணியத்துடனான இரத்தம்” என்ற தலைப்பில் கால வறுமை குறித்த பிரச்சாரத்தில் ஈடுபட்டு ஏற்பாடு செய்தன. இரண்டு நாள் பிரச்சாரத்தின் ஒரு பகுதியாக, நாங்கள் சிவில் சமூக அமைப்பு அங்கத்தவர்களுடன் ஒரு செய்தியாளர் சந்திப்பை ஏற்பாடு செய்தோம். சுதந்திர வர்த்தக வலயத்துடன் இணைந்து செயற்படும் தொழிற்சங்க உறுப்பினர்கள் தமது காலப்பகுதியில் தொழிலாளர்கள் எதிர்கொண்ட தமது கருத்துக்கள் மற்றும் பிரச்சினைகளை பகிர்ந்து கொண்டனர்.
இரண்டாவது நாளில் மாதவிடாய் குறித்த மருத்துவப் பேச்சு மற்றும் திருட்டு நிகழ்ச்சிக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்தோம். பிரச்சாரத்தின் போது “ரிங் டாஸ்” பல பொழுதுபோக்கு விளையாட்டுகளையும் நடத்தினோம். ஊழியர்களும் பார்வையாளர்களும் இந்த நிகழ்வில் தீவிரமாக ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர் மற்றும் வெற்றியாளர்களுக்கு பரிசாக சுகாதார பட்டைகள் Dabindu Collective Sri Lanka வழங்கியது.
இறுதியாக தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு பட்டைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டது.

ඩාබිඳු සාමුහිකය සහ අනෙකුත් සිවිල් සමාජ සංවිධාන 2023 ඔක්තෝම්බර් 21 සහ 22 යන දිනයන්හිදී “ගරුත්වය සහිත ලේ” යන තේමාව යටතේ වාර දරිද්‍රතාවය පිළිබඳ ව්‍යාපාරයක් සංවිධානය කළහ. දෙදින ප්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයේ කොටසක් ලෙස අපි සිවිල් සමාජ සංවිධානවල සාමාජිකයන් සමඟ මාධ්‍ය හමුවක් සංවිධානය කළෙමු. නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාපය සමඟ කටයුතු කරන වෘත්තීය සමිති සාමාජිකයින් තම සේවා කාලය තුළ කම්කරුවන් මුහුණ දුන් ඔවුන්ගේ අදහස් සහ ගැටළු බෙදාහදා ගන්නා ලදී.
දෙවන දිනයේ අපි ඔසප් වීම පිළිබඳ වෛද්‍ය කථිකාවක් සහ කොල්ලකෑම් සංදර්ශනයක් සංවිධානය කළෙමු. මෙම ප්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයේදී අපි “Ring Toss” විනෝදාත්මක ක්‍රීඩා කිහිපයක්ද පවත්වන ලදී. කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය සහ අමුත්තන් මෙම අවස්ථාවට සක්‍රීයව සහභාගී වූ අතර ජයග්‍රාහකයන්ට Dabindu Collective Sri Lanka විසින් සනීපාරක්ෂක තුවා ත්‍යාග කරන ලදී. කම්කරුවන්ට සනීපාරක්ෂක තුවා බෙදා හරින ලදී.

Dabindu Collective conducted the CSO meeting on the 22nd of September 2023 at Dabindu Office Premises. The members of the Civil Society Organization have taken part in this discussion.

The discussion was held under two objectives, they are: Share the situation update report and have a small discussion about the collective action.

Dabindu Collective conducted an introductory discussion at Biyagama on the 17th of September 2023. The discussion was about labor issues and shared the experiences of the Workers who are working in the Biyagama Zone.

டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பினால் கடந்த செப்டெம்பர் மாதம் 17ம் திகதி பியகம தொழிலார்களுக்கு இடையே கலந்துரையாடல் ஒழுங்கு செய்யப்பட்டது . அங்கு தொழிலாளர் பிரச்சினைகள் குறித்தும், அவர்களின் அனுபவப் பகிர்வும் இடம்பெற்றது.

ඩාබිඳු සාමුහිකය විසින් සැත්තෙම්බර් මස 17 වැනිදා බියගම කම්කරුවන් අතර අවිධිමත් සාකච්ඡාවක් සංවිධානය කර තිබුණි. එහිදී කම්කරු ගැටලු සහ ඔවුන්ගේ අත්දැකීම් හුවමාරු කර ගැනීම පිළිබඳව සාකච්ඡා කෙරිණි.


📢 Worker Issues Awareness Training conducted by Dabindu Collective.

An enlightening awareness-raising training session was hosted by Lakmali Hemachandra attorney at law On Sunday, the 10th of September 2023 at Biyagama

Covering 5 crucial themes:

1️⃣ Worker Health & Safety

2️⃣New Labor Law Reforms

3️⃣ Manpower Challenges

4️⃣ Organizational Rights

5️⃣ Women’s Issues

We also engaged in meaningful discussions with our dedicated workers, emphasizing the importance of trade unions and fostering membership in the Dabindu Collectives Union! 🤝💪

අද පාර්ලිමේන්තුව බදු පණත විවාදයට ගනු ඇත. බදු පණත සම්මත වුනොත් මහ බැංකුව විසින් EPF/ETF අරමුදල් වලට 30%ක බද්දක් පැනවීමට තීරණය කරනු ඇත. මෙය අති විශාල ප්‍රමාණයක් වන්නේ 90%ක් පමණ සේවකයන් බදු ගෙවීමට ප්‍රමාණවත් තරම් ආදායම් උපයන්නේ නැති බැවිනි. ඒ නිසා අපි පාර්ලිමේන්තුව මේ අවුරුද්දේ දෙවන වරටත් කැමැත්ත පළ කරන්න උත්සාහ කරන EPF/ETF කොල්ලයට විරැද්ධව උද්ඝෝෂණය කරමු. අපි එය එක් වරක් වීමට ඉඩ හැරියා. ඔය නැවත සිදුවීමට අපි ඉඩ නොතැබිය යුතුයි. ආණ්ඩුවේ සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ මේ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවිරෝධී ක්‍රියාවට විරුද්ධ උද්ඝෝෂණයට අප හා එක්වන්න!

வரி விதிப்பு சட்டமூலம் மீதான விவாதம் இன்று நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் நடைபெறவுள்ளது. வரி விதிப்பு சட்டமூலம் நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டால், மத்திய வங்கி EPF/ETF நிதிகளுக்கு 30 சதவீத வரிவிதிப்பை விதிக்க முடிவு செய்யும். 90 சதவீதமான வைப்பாளர்கள் தங்கள் ஊதியம் குறைவாக இருப்பதால் அவர்கள் வேலை செய்யும் போது வரி கூட செலுத்துவதில்லை என்பதால் இது மிகப்பெரியது. எனவே இந்த ஆண்டு இரண்டாவது முறையாக பாராளுமன்றத்தில் வாக்களிப்பிற்கு கொண்டுவரப்படும் EPF/ETF கொள்ளைக்கு நாங்கள் எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவிக்கிறோம். ஒருமுறை நடக்க அனுமதித்தோம். அது மீண்டும் நடக்க நாங்கள் அனுமதிக்கக் கூடாது! அரசாங்கத்தினதும் பாராளுமன்றத்தினதும் இந்த ஜனநாயக விரோதச் செயலுக்கு எதிர்ப்புத் தெரிவிக்க தயவு செய்து எங்களுடன் சேருங்கள்!

On Today Parliament will be debating the Tax Bill. If the tax bill is passed, the Central Bank will decide to put a 30 percent taxation on EPF/ETF funds. This is huge as 90 percent of account holders don’t even pay tax while they are working as their wages are low. Therefore we are protesting the EPF/ETF robbery which will be voted on by Parliament for the second time this year.

We allowed it to happen once. We should not allow it to happen again

Please join us today to protest this undemocratic act of the Government and Parliament!

දහඩිය, මහන්සිය යට කරමින් උපයා ගත් ධනයේ ඉතිරියට ඒකාධිපති පාලන තන්ත්‍රය අත තියන්නට දරන වෑයමට එරෙහිව අද උදෑසන සිට මේ වන තුරුත් කටුනායක නිදහස් වෙළෙඳ කලාපයේ පිවිසුම් දොරටු අසල අත්සන් ව්‍යාපාරයක් සිදු කරමින් පවතී.

Dabindu Collective has conducted a committee meeting with apparel sector workers who are working in Biyagama. It was held on 13th August at Dabindu Collective Biyagama Branch. In this meeting, the apparel sector workers shared their current issues and shared their opinions about the importance of building trade unions.

Community Kitchen was held on 13th August at Dabindu Office premises in Biyagama. It was conducted for apparel sector workers of Biyagama single mothers and it was conducted by them. We hope you support more and more to do the project well in the future.

Malaiyagam 200 – Walk , Thalaimannar to Matale. The walk commenced on the 28th of July 2023 at Thalaimannar. It was a sixteen-day walk. The purpose of the walk is, to remember the Malaiyaha makkal and raise up our voices in solidarity for them.

Dabindu Collective also contributed and participated in the walk on the last day. Day 15 – Nalanda to Matale. There was a program held at Matale Reception Hall (Sri Muthumariyamman Kovil). Dabindu Collective members participated and raised their voices for Malaiyaga Makkal.

The discussion program on the “Direct impact of new Labor Law Reforms and Domestic Debt Restructuring from a feminist approach” has conducted by Dabindu Collective Union on 10th of the August 2023 at National Library and Documentation Services Board Premises. The Lawyers, civil society members and Ms. Harini the member of parliament was participated in the consultation program. Ms.Lakmali Hemachandra attorney – at law was participated as a resource person in the event.

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