Zero plans to offset GSP losses of 300,000 workers

By Rathindra Kuruwita | Lakbima News
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Senior government officials have admitted that the government has no contingency plan so far to offset the difficulties faced by industries or to provide assistance to thousands of workers who will lose their jobs with the discontinuation of the GSP + trade concession, said National Trade Union Centre (NTUC) convenor Wasantha Samarasinghe.

“We met the director of the department of commerce on July 20th at the National Labour Advisory Council.He had to admit that the government has not yet prepared a contingency plan, they haven’t even met factory owners,” Samarasinghe said. 300,000 workers will be directly affected by the loss of the GSP + concession and this will affect millions indirectly, NTUC convenor said.

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