හාම්පුතුන්ගේ සංවිධාන කිහිපයක් විසින් පවතින නීති සංශෝධනය කිරීම සඳහා කම්කරු ඇමතිවරයාට යෝජනා කරන සංශෝධනයට විරුද්ධත්වය පෙන්වමින් කටුනායක කම්කරුවන්.
பல முதலாளித்துவ அமைப்புகளால் தற்போதுள்ள சட்டங்களை திருத்துவதற்கு தொழிலாளர் அமைச்சருக்கு முன்மொழியப்பட்ட திருத்தத்திற்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவிக்கும் கட்டுநாயக்க தொழிலாளர்கள்.
During a meeting with FTZ workers in Biyagama they wrote down the problems at the factories. The majority of them were manpower workers and women.
Minister Manusha Nanayakkara is proposing to make work flexible so that women can join the labour force. Manpower, or daily wage labour, is one of the most flexible forms of labour. When asked if they want more night work and part-time work the women disagreed.
Their concerns were as follows
– Lack of work and low incomes.
Due to the economic crisis and factory closures, manpower workers are not getting enough work. Full-time, permanent workers can claim basic wages but not manpower workers. Therefore they suffer an income loss. The same happened during the pandemic when manpower workers lost work.
– No employer liability
Many of them shared that the factories refuse to take responsibility for them even in cases of occupational accidents and hazards.
They are charged extra for food and are not allowed to use the factory transport services even after night work. Transport is considered to be part of the workplace in case of an accident and employers are circumventing liability towards manpower workers.
– Loss of benefits
They are not paid maternity benefits or severance payments in case of job losses. Many of these workers are not registered in EPF/ETF pensions funds.
– Sexual harassment at the workplace
Workers were especially aware that night work also meant greater vulnerability to sexual harassment which is very common in apparel and other export-oriented industries.
Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has a simplistic view of flexibility and so do some privileged women who think the majority of women workers can also afford the same kind of flexibility they have.
For example, those who work as lawyers, doctors and accountants etc.. can set their own working time and rest days. They could afford to do that because their employment conditions are within their control.
However, this is not the same for an apparel worker who loses income, social protections and safety due to ‘flexible working hours’.
It is well established that employer-led flexibility is bad for workers whereas employee-led flexibility is good for them. For all the women doing ‘free lance’ work and glorifying flexible working hours, the laws are not targeting you. You are already with considerable bargaining power with or without the law. The law sets the minimum standards for women who do not have that bargaining power in their jobs.
Women entering the workforce as low-paid, unskilled labour cannot be compared with women who work as lawyers, accountants, IT professionals, doctors and so on. Even in these cases, women suffer income losses due to unpaid care work.
Flexibility is bad for women. What we need are proper jobs that can absorb women’s labour and use it productively. Not flexibility that exploits women in the name of a job and an income.
Even with all this flexibility apparel sector has a maternity return rate of 27% according to Brandix. That’s just 27 women out of 100, barely one-fourth, returning to work after having a child.
Unpaid care work is the reason that women stay out of jobs. If the state and employers are not ready to acknowledge and compensate for the work women do for free there’s absolutely no way to increase labour force participation of women meaningfully.
Source : Lakmali Hemachandra
Garment workers & Unions in Sri Lanka continued the action and demanded fair wages from fashion giant Nike!
Exploitation and sub-poverty wages are unacceptable. Nike, it’s time to ensure fair pay for the women who make your shoes & clothing! #FightTheHeist #UntilWeAllWin Fight the Heist Campaign.
අර්ථ සාධක මංකොල්ලයට එරෙහිව 2011 වසරේ දියත් වූ කම්කරු අරගලයේදී රාජපක්ෂ ජුන්ටාව විසින් රොෂේන් ශානකට වෙඩිතබා ඝාතනය කරන ලදී. තවත් කම්කරුවන් විශාල සංඛ්‍යාවකට බරපතල තුවාල සිදුවිය. මෙම සිදුවීමට වසර 12ක් ගතවුවද අදටත් ඉටුවූ යුක්තියක් නොමැත. 2023 ජුනි 01 වනදා සවස 5ට ඇවරිවත්ත ඔරලෝසු කණුව අසලදී, තවමත් ප්‍රමාද ඒ යුක්තිය වෙනුවෙන් සහ කම්කරු අයිතිවාසිකම් කප්පාදු කරමින් ගෙන එන නීති ප්‍රතිසංස්කරණවලට එරෙහිව නිදහස් වෙළද කලාප සහයෝගීතාවය ලෙස අප පෙනී සිටියාය.
Dabindu Collective has organized a labour law reform consultation with the theme of “Let’s defeat modern slavery systems” with CSOs and Apparel sector workers on 24th of May 2023 in Colombo. On that day we discussed three topics about the Labour law reform, and they are Labour Law, ATA & Unpaid care work. Ms. Lakmali Hemachchandra the Attorney at Law, Mr. Jayantha Dehiaththage Attorney at Law in Supreme Court, Mrs. Sepali Kottegoda.
The workers and CSO members also gave their opinion about the Labour Law Reform.
Living together in peace is all about accepting differences and having the ability to listen, recognize, respect, and appreciate others, as well as living in a peaceful and united way. In the apparel sector workers, they united ethnically, by social classes to promote peace and act together. workers aim to uphold the desire to live and work mutually, united in differences and diversity, in order to build a sustainable peaceful workplace, solidarity, and harmony. workers united to achieve solving workplace problems, including by promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all workers without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.
සාමකාමීව එකට ජීවත්වීම යනු වෙනස්කම් පිළිගැනීම සහ අන් අයට සවන් දීමට, හඳුනා ගැනීමට, ගරු කිරීමට සහ අගය කිරීමට මෙන්ම සාමකාමීව හා සමගියෙන් ජීවත් වීමට ඇති හැකියාවයි. ඇඟලුම් අංශයේ කම්කරුවන්, සාමය ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීමට සහ එකට ක්‍රියා කිරීමට වාර්ගික වශයෙන්, සමාජ පන්ති මගින් එක්සත් වූහ. තිරසාර සාමකාමී සේවා ස්ථානයක්, සහයෝගීතාවය සහ සහජීවනය ගොඩනැගීම සඳහා, වෙනස්කම් හා විවිධත්වය තුළ එක්සත්ව ජීවත්වීමට සහ අන්‍යෝන්‍ය වශයෙන් වැඩ කිරීමට ඇති ආශාව ආරක්ෂා කිරීම කම්කරුවන් අරමුණු කරයි. ජාතිය, ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ භේදය, භාෂාව හෝ ආගම යන භේදයකින් තොරව සියලු කම්කරුවන් සඳහා මානව හිමිකම් සහ මූලික නිදහස සඳහා ගරු කිරීම ප්‍රවර්ධනය කිරීම සහ දිරිමත් කිරීම ඇතුළුව සේවා ස්ථානවල ගැටලු විසඳීම සඳහා කම්කරුවන් එක්සත් වී සාමකාමීව තම ජීවිතය ගත කරයි
அமைதியுடன் ஒன்றாக வாழ்வது என்பது வேறுபாடுகளை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு மற்றவர்களை அங்கீகரித்து அவர்களின் கருத்தை கேட்டு மதிப்பளிப்பதும் அவர்களை பாராட்டி அமைதியாகவும் ஒற்றுமையாகவும் வாழ்வதையும் குறிக்கிறது. ஆடைத் துறையில், அமைதியை மேம்படுத்துவதற்கும், ஒன்றாகச் செயல்படுவதற்கும் தொழிலாளர்கள் இனரீதியாக மற்றும் சமூக வகுப்புகளால் பாராபட்சமின்றி ஒன்றுபட்டு பணி புரிகின்றனர் . ஒரு நிலையான அமைதியான பணியிடத்தில் ஒற்றுமை மற்றும் நல்லிணக்கத்தை உருவாக்க, வேறுபாடுகள் மற்றும் பன்முகத்தன்மையில் ஒன்றுபட்ட பரஸ்பரத்துடன் வாழ மற்றும் வேலை செய்வதற்கான விருப்பத்தை நிலைநிறுத்துவதை தொழிலாளர்கள் நோக்கமாகக் கொண்டுள்ளனர். வேறுபாடுகள் மற்றும் பன்முகத்தன்மையில் ஒன்றுபட்ட பரஸ்பரத்துடன் வாழ மற்றும் வேலை செய்வதற்கான விருப்பத்தை நிலைநிறுத்துவதை தொழிலாளர்கள் நோக்கமாகக் கொண்டுள்ளனர். இனம், பாலினம், மொழி அல்லது மதம் என்ற வேறுபாடின்றி அனைத்து தொழிலாளர்களுக்கும் மனித உரிமைகள் மற்றும் அடிப்படை சுதந்திரங்களுக்கான மரியாதையை ஊக்குவிப்பது உட்பட பணியிட பிரச்சனைகளை தீர்க்க தொழிலாளர்கள் ஒன்றுபட்டு அமைதியுடன் ஒன்றாக வாழ்கின்றனர்.
Dabindu Collective has successfully organized the “Maha Vesak Bread Dansal” for the 1st time on 7th May 2023 at the office premises. There are apparel sector workers who gave support to us and many people participated in this event. The workers were actively engaged in this event.
Wishing all workers around the world a Happy Labour Day! May this Labour Day be a reminder of the importance of fair labor practices and workers’ rights. May all workers be recognized for their hard work and dedication, and may they receive fair compensation for their efforts. Dabindu Team wishes you a very Happy Labour Day.
டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பினால் கிளிநொச்சி மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள இளைஞர் ஆடைத் தொழில்துறை ஊழியர்களுடன் 12 மார்ச் 2023 அன்று மகளிர் தின கொண்டாட்ட நிகழ்ச்சியை ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டது. நிகழ்ச்சியின் ஆரம்பத்தில் , தொழிலாளர்கள் தங்கள் உரிமைகளுக்கான போராட்டத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டனர், மேலும் நிகழ்வின் ஒரு பகுதியாக டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பினால் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு உலர் உணவு பொதிகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன. எங்களுக்கு ஆதரவளித்த ஆடைத் தொழிலாளர்கள், சிவில் ஒழுங்கமைப்பு உறுப்பினர்கள் மற்றும் ஊடகக் குழுவிற்கு எமது நன்றிகளை தெரிவித்து கொள்கின்றோம். !!
Dabindu Collective organized a women’s day celebration program on 12th March 2023 with the youth garment industry workers in Kilinochchi District. At the start of the program, workers participated in a protest movement for their rights, and the Dabindu collective distributed dry rations to the workers as part of the event. Our warmest thanks to the garment workers, CSO members, and media team for supporting us!!
ඩාබිඳු සාමූහිකය විසින් කිලිනොච්චි දිස්ත්‍රක්කයේ තරුණ ඇඟළුම් කර්මාන්තයේ නියුතු සේවක සේවිකාවන් සමඟ කාන්තා දින සැමරුම් වැඩසටහනක් 2023 මාර්තු 12 වන දින පැවැත්විණි. වැඩසටහන ආරම්භයේදී කම්කරුවන් තම අයිතීන් උදෙසා විරෝධතා ව්‍යාපාරයකට සහභාගී වූ අතර, උත්සවයේ කොටසක් ලෙස කම්කරුවන්ට වියළි සලාක බෙදා හැරීමට ඩාබිඳු සාමූහිකය සමත් විය. ළු අපහට සහය දුන් ඇඟලුම් සේවකයින්, CSO සාමාජිකයින් සහ මාධ්‍ය කණ්ඩායමට අපගේ උණුසුම් ස්තුතිය පුදකර සිටිමු!!
டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பினால் வவுனியா மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள இளைஞர் ஆடைத் தொழில்துறை ஊழியர்களுடன் 12 மார்ச் 2023 அன்று மகளிர் தின கொண்டாட்ட நிகழ்ச்சியை ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டது. நிகழ்ச்சியின் ஆரம்பத்தில் , தொழிலாளர்கள் தங்கள் உரிமைகளுக்கான போராட்டத்தில் கலந்து கொண்டனர், மேலும் நிகழ்வின் ஒரு பகுதியாக டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பினால் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு உலர் உணவு பொதிகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன. எங்களுக்கு ஆதரவளித்த ஆடைத் தொழிலாளர்கள், சிவில் ஒழுங்கமைப்பு உறுப்பினர்கள் மற்றும் ஊடகக் குழுவிற்கு எமது நன்றிகளை தெரிவித்து கொள்கின்றோம். !!
Dabindu Collective organized a women’s day celebration program on 12th March 2023 with the youth garment industry workers in Vavuniya District. At the start of the program, workers participated in a protest movement for their rights, and the Dabindu collective distributed dry rations to the workers as part of the event. Our warmest thanks to the garment workers, CSO members, and media team for supporting us!!
ඩාබිඳු සාමූහිකය විසින් වව්නියා දිස්ත්‍රක්කයේ තරුණ ඇඟළුම් කර්මාන්තයේ නියුතු සේවක සේවිකාවන් සමඟ කාන්තා දින සැමරුම් වැඩසටහනක් 2023 මාර්තු 12 වන දින පැවැත්විණි. වැඩසටහන ආරම්භයේදී කම්කරුවන් තම අයිතීන් උදෙසා විරෝධතා ව්‍යාපාරයකට සහභාගී වූ අතර, උත්සවයේ කොටසක් ලෙස කම්කරුවන්ට වියළි සලාක බෙදා හැරීමට ඩාබිඳු සාමූහිකය සමත් විය. අපහට සහය දුන් ඇඟලුම් සේවකයින්, CSO සාමාජිකයින් සහ මාධ්‍ය කණ්ඩායමට අපගේ උණුසුම් ස්තුතිය පුදකර සිටිමු!!
Dabindu Collective successfully held Women’s Day celebration on 12 March 2023 under the theme “Embrace Equality” based on Katunayake and Biyagama Free Trade Zones. Members representing civil society organizations participated in this program. As part of the event, the Dabindu collective has distributed dry rations to the workers. In the same day, Women’s Day was celebrated by Dabindu Collective based in Vavuniya and Kilinochchi Districts. A big thank you to all those who joined and congratulated us on the day and We extend our warmest thanks to the members of Garment Workers, CSO Members, and the Media team who supported us!!
ඩාබිඳු සාමුහිකය විසින් 2023 මාර්තු 12 වැනි දින කටුනායක හා බියගම ආයෝජන ප්‍රවර්ධන කලාප පදනම් කරගනිමින් “සමානාත්මතාවය වැළඳගනිමු” යන තේමාව යටතේ කාන්තා දින සැමරුම සාර්ථකව පවත්වන ලදී. මෙම වැඩසටහන සඳහා සිවිල් සමාජ සංවිධාන නියෝජනය කරමින් සාමාජිකයින් සහභාගී විය. මෙම උත්සවයේ කොටසක් ලෙස කම්කරුවන් සඳහා වියළි සලාක බෙදා හැරීමට ඩාබිඳු සාමූහිකය සමත් විය. එසේම ඩාබිඳු සාමුහිකය විසන් වවුනියාව සහ කිලිනොච්චි දිස්ත්‍රික්ක පදනම් කරගනිමින්ද කාන්තා දින සැමරුම පවත්වන ලදී. එදින අප හා සම්බන්ධ වූ සහ අප වෙත සුභාශිංශන එක් කරන ලද සැමටත් අපහට සහය දුන් ඇගළුම් කම්කරු සාමාජිකයන්ට, සහ මාධ්‍ය කණ්ඩායමට අපගේ උණුසුම් ස්තුතිය පුදකර සිටිමු!!
டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பினால் மார்ச் மாதம் 12ம் திகதி கட்டுநாயக்க மற்றும் பியகம முதலீட்டு ஊக்குவிப்பு வலயங்களை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டு “சமத்துவத்தை தழுவுவோம் ” என்ற தொனிப்பொருளின் கீழ் மகளிர் தின விழா வெற்றிகரமாக நடைபெற்றது . இந்த நிகழ்ச்சியில் சிவில் சமூக அமைப்புகளை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தி உறுப்பினர்கள் கலந்து கொண்டனர். நிகழ்வின் ஒரு பகுதியாக, டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பினால் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு உலர் உணவு பொதிகள் பகிர்ந்தளிக்கப்பட்டன. மேலும், அன்றைய தினம் வவுனியா மற்றும் கிளிநொச்சி மாவட்டங்களை மையமாகக் கொண்டு டாபிந்து கூட்டமைப்பினால் மகளிர் தினம் கொண்டாடப்பட்டது.எங்களுடன் இணைந்து, வாழ்த்து தெரிவித்த அனைவருக்கும் மற்றும் எங்களுக்கு உறுதுணையாக இருந்த ஆடைத் தொழிலாளர்களுக்கும், சிவில் ஒழுங்கமைப்புக்களுக்கும் ஊடகக் குழுவிற்கும் எமது நன்றிகளை தெரிவித்து கொள்கின்றோம்!!
