The labour movement in the global south : trade unions in Sri Lanka - Biyanwila, S. Janaka (London : Routledge, 2011)
Introduction: Sri Lanka, the global south and worker struggles -- History of unions in Sri Lanka : the colonial state and political unionism -- The nurses' and a monk : limits of economic unionism -- Plantation workers and anti-Tamil violence : struggles of political unionism -- Free trade zone workers and allianced : building a movement unionism -- Conclusion : renewing movement politics and global labour solidarity.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-204) and index.
Keywords: Labor unions -- Sri Lanka -- History