The discussions between trade union representatives and plantation companies have still not reached a conclusion to enable a tri-partite collective agreement to be signed between the Employers’ Federation, the Plantation Companies and the Estate workers’ Unions. The collective agreement lapsed in March this year.
Discussions between the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon and the Joint Plantation Trade Union Centre, Lanka Jathika Estate Workers’ Union, the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC), representatives of plantation companies and government officials that took place yesterday ended without any positive outcome.
http://www.ft.lk/2011/05/06/talks-continue-over-plantation-wage-hike/