Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees Union held it’s 30th Delegate Conference followed by the 40th anniversary on 13th February 2022.
The Delegate conference was attended by the delegates who were elected by the branch union membership meetings and the delegates conference elected new leadership including the executive committee of the union for the next 02 years. We are proud to inform you 40% of the Executive Committee members are females which includes the President, Two Vice Presidents and the Assistant Treasurer. All these female executive members are factory employees.
The delegate conference discussed the present challenges under the economic, social and political crisis prevailing in Sri Lanka and adopted the resolutions; the translated version is attached for your information.
The 40th Anniversary was commemorated with cultural and other events including International and local solidarity greetings which were translated into the local languages. The trade union representatives who are members of the National Labour Advisory council also participated and addressed the gathering with their solidarity messages.
On this day a book was launched about the Union’s journey (history) of 40 years written by the famous Sri Lankan journalist Mr. Kusal Perera.
