Sri Lanka Stimulates Textile And Clothing Industry

At the end of June, the 2010 budget was formally promulgated by Parliament. The budget focuses mainly on phasing out the deficit. Its main measures are to reduce recurrent expenditure and control government investment behavior. Gross domestic product Less than 6-7%. At the same time, we will build a new tax system with wide tax base, low tax rate and simple tax system, and optimize the use of state-owned assets.

At the same time, the budget proposal will be right. Spin and Garment manufacturing industry The implementation of the new industrial stimulus policy to maintain the competitiveness of the industry; the budget will be agriculture, IT outsourcing industry and petroleum exploration services, jewelry industry and furniture, ceramics and tourism industries as a leading industry, become a bright spot for fiscal revenue growth.

In addition, the budget will introduce tariff free treatment for raw materials and intermediate products, and high tariffs will be imposed on imported homogeneous goods to protect domestic industries.

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With regard to the question of the United States reviewing the GSP system in Sri Lanka, there are some misleading claims and inconsistent reports in the media. Therefore, the Sri Lankan Federation of trade unions (TUC) believes that it is necessary to clarify the true situation of the GSP to the public. This clarification can eliminate any groundless fears and misunderstandings.

The GSP preferential tariff system in the United States has granted substantial tariff reductions to certain products exported from Sri Lanka to the United States. This is a preferential treatment, or a preferential treatment for certain countries with good labour standards, if laws and practices are consistent with the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention. So it is not a question of market access, but it is obviously a question related to privileged treatment.

The union of labor and industrial organization (AFL-CIO) has submitted an indictment to the US government, many of which focus on the fact that many employers in the clothing industry have done a lot of systematic and systematic violation of labor laws, and have been recognized by the labor law enforcement authorities.

It is claimed that the purpose of the GSP is to review local labour laws. This statement is groundless. GSP reviews are mainly the illegal events listed in the indictment and the specific circumstances arising therefrom.

A major prosecution has not yet taken place since the law was passed more than 10 years ago against unfair labor practices. The law becomes a virtual empty essay. All prosecutions received by the quasi judicial organs of the Geneva ILO in recent 20 years are related to the organization of the clothing department of Sri Lanka. Low wages and excessive labor pressure have a significant impact on women's clothing workers. A government report released in 2007 said that compared with women engaged in security services, clothing workers were chronically malnourished, the level of anemia was shocking, and workers' health deteriorated.

Because of these terrible exploitative working conditions, workers are leaving the garment industry, and a large number of jobs are vacant today. According to repeated reports by local media, employers find it hard to hire workers, so they have to attract workers with various strategies. The actual situation of these women workers is far from what the outside world expected. Now that the time has come, Sri Lanka should stop this lawless exploitation.

The Federation of trade unions strives to put an end to the politicization of employers in the execution of labour laws, and create a fair and fair competition environment for garment workers and trade unions. If it is not politicized, it ensures that the workplace has an atmosphere of respect for the law, so that workers can get better results and help workers feel satisfied with the working environment. Reducing the political pressure of the government.

The Union hopes that the government will accommodate the plight of the garment workers. The union urged the government to immediately start a real and constructive advance in related issues so as to rectify the order and save the US GSP in Sri Lanka.