Countries:
Sri Lanka
Topics:
Diaspora, Economics, Ethnicity, Labor

Moju on workers in Sri Lanka of Indian origin being paid less than average and the troubling times for this ethnic community. “Their call on an indefinite strike to raise their daily wages to an amount of Rupees 300 from Rupees 135 per day is staged when elsewhere in the country the average wages of a skilled labourer is between Rupees 600 and 750. What is the basis of this shocking inequality in income distribution?”

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