World celebrates Labor Day today!

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1 year ago

May 1, 2023

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The world celebrates the 137th International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day, today (01).

On May 1, 1886, a group of workers gathered in Chicago, USA, demanding that their working hours be limited to eight.

The number of people who joined the demonstration was more than a thousand and by the third day, the number of workers who participated in it exceeded 65,000.

May 3, 1886 was a decisive day in the strike. At the behest of the employers, a group of armed police officers attacked the workers, killing four.

More than 150,000 people joined the strike that lasted for 4 days, and on May 4th, a group of workers gathered at Haymarket Square in Chicago to protest the attack on the previous day.

A police officer was also killed in a bomb attack. The conflict further escalated, killing six police officers.

The exact number of workers killed in the riot is still unknown.

Labor leaders who inspired the struggle August Spies, Samuel Fielden, Adolf Fischer, Louis Lingg, Oscar Neebe, Albert Parsons and Michael Schwab were arrested and later prosecuted.

Oscar Neebe was sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab were sentenced to life in prison.

The other five were sentenced to be hanged.

In 1889, the International Labor Organization decided that the colleagues who sacrificed their lives for labour rights should be remembered forever.

Accordingly, the 1st of May was declared as the International Labor Day.

Under the leadership of Labor Party Leader A. E. Gunasinghe, Sri Lanka celebrated Labor Day for the first time in 1927.

Bill suspending Parate Law, passed

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7 hours ago

May 7, 2024

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The Recovery of Loans by Banks (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill, which was amended to facilitate legal provisions for the suspension of Parate Law until December 15, 2024, was passed in Parliament without amendments today (May 07).

This amendment introduces legal provisions for the suspension of the Parate Law until December 15, 2024.

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Mervyn granted bail

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8 hours ago

May 7, 2024

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Colombo Additional Magistrate Tharanga Mahawatta today (May 07) ordered the release of former Minister Mervyn Silva on bail over the SLRC assault incident in 2007.

He was ordered to be released on a surety of Rs. 500,000.

Silva was accused of threatening and assaulting a former journalist of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.

The Magistrate also ordered to immediately arrest former municipal councillor – Lal Peiris, who was named as the third suspect in the case, and produce him before the court.

The Magistrate also banned him from travelling overseas.

(Source : Lankadeepa)

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Appeals Court rejects Wijeyadasa’s petition against interim order

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May 7, 2024

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The Court of Appeal today dismissed the petition filed by Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe seeking to suspend the interim injunction issued by the Colombo District Court preventing him from functioning as the Acting Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was appointed as the Acting Chairman of SLFP during an executive committee meeting held on April 21, by the party’s faction led by former President Maithripala Sirisena.

On April 24, the Colombo District Court issued an injunction order preventing Minister Wijeyadasa from functioning as the Acting Chairman of the SLFP.

The court has also issued an injunction order preventing MP Sarathie Dushmantha Mithrapala from functioning as the General Secretary of SLFP.

Meanwhile, the court had issued another injunction preventing the implementation of the decisions taken by the SLFP Acting General Secretary.

The Colombo District Judge issued these injunctions after considering a plaint submitted by Ministers Mahinda Amaraweera, Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Member of Parliament Duminda Dissanayake.

It was mentioned in the order that these injunctions will remain in effect until May 08, 2024.

However, Minister Rajapakshe had later filed a petition with the Court of Appeal seeking to invalidate the recent order issued by the Colombo District Court preventing him from functioning as the Acting Chairman of SLFP.

(adaderana.lk)

(This story, originally published by adaderana.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)