Over 50,000 Sri Lankan workers strike and protest against Wickremesinghe government's austerity measures

Sri Lankan trade unions are attempting to dissipate rising mass anger against the government and its escalating social attacks through calling separate isolated actions and promoting illusions that the government can pressured to withdraw new income tax increases.

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