The trade union leaderships are desperately attempting to block a unified national movement of the working class to fight the Wickremesinghe government and its IMF austerity measures.
Determined to prevent any confrontation with the government, the unions limited the event to a lunchbreak protest, making it impossible for workers from outside Colombo participating.
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