The unions have been forced to organise these limited protests in an attempt to contain the rising anger of their members who are facing skyrocketing inflation.
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The police crackdown on Wednesday’s rally is a warning to workers and rural toilers that the Wickremesinghe is preparing repression against all opposition to its IMF-dictated austerity.
The Trade Union and Mass Organisation held a seminar to cement a pro-capitalist front with opposition parties aimed at blocking any independent action by workers and the poor that threatens capitalist rule.
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