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	The Hindu : International : Ceylon Workers' Congress extends support to Rajapakse
		For decades, the CWC has been a key player in Sri Lankan politics, and had in the past tilted the scales of power with its bloc of MPs.
		Two of the eight CWC MPs in the 225-member Parliament, recently crossed over to the Government.
		In the November 17 Parliamentary poll, the CWC backed the Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who lost the poll, but was overwhelmingly backed by the Plantation Tamils.
	www.hindu.com /2005/12/28/stories/2005122804271600.htm (529 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Ceylon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All Ceylon Tamil Congress (in Tamil: அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்), is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.
		An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon is a book written by the English trader and sailor Robert Knox in 1681, describing his experiences some years earlier on the South Asian island now best known as Sri Lanka.
		As well as being a good read in its own right, it is one of the most important contemporary accounts of 17th century Ceylonese life and an invaluable insight into an early European view of the island's culture.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Ceylon (337 words)

	Whither the Ceylon Workers Congress
		When he assumed the mantle of the CWC leadership in the late nineties, it was at a time when some seniors in the CWC had left its ranks and were embroiled in a bitter vendetta with the CWC in and out of Court.
		CWC conventions serve as a platform for the leadership to seek a mandate from its membership to charter a path which will lead to the attainment of short and long term goals of the community.
		By doing so, the CWC will be able to re-establish its role as a credible trade union and political force and no longer to be swayed or influenced by carrots dangled before it by the ruling political parties in the country.
	www.sundaytimes.lk /071028/News/news00026.html (1353 words)

	Editorial
		The city of Colombo, which was severely affected, recorded two deaths when an office worker who fell into a pit by the side of a road, drowned, and another died of electrocution.
		The cause of the death of the office worker is an unprotected man-hole, which was left open.
		Most of the minority parties and the opposition United National Party have pooh-poohed the proposals as something going backwards from the existing provincial council system, which was set up under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution as a sequel to the Indo-Lanka Agreement signed between the governments of India and Sri Lanka in 1987.
	www.nation.lk /2007/05/06/edit.htm (978 words)

	Ceylon Workers Congress's shift in priorities defended by its Vice President \| Asian Tribune
		He emphasized that being with the government meant 'executive authority', and that was why his party with eight seats in parliament had decided to join the government.
		Meanwhile, at the time this edition went to press, the government and the CWC hierarchy were still holding negotiations over their 'deal'.
		The CWC last Tuesday announced that they had decided to support the government and also accept the deputy ministerial portfolio offered to its parliamentarian Muthu Sivalingam.
	www.asiantribune.com /index.php?q=node/1146 (546 words)

	TamilNet: S.Thondaman dies
		Another trade union, the Democratic Workers Congress (DWC), was formed in 1956 as a breakaway faction of the CWC as a result of leadership rivalries between the president, S.Thondaman, and the general secretary A. iz.
		The political potentiality of the Indian Tamil workers and the CIC led by Mr.Thondaman were viewed as threats to the power of the ruling United National Party.
		When he joined the UNP government he explained that he owed his position to the CWC and the CWC's policy was to get citizenship for the stateless and better working conditions for estate labour.
	www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=4140 (919 words)

	H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Movement - Chapter 10
		While H.P.B. was in Ceylon she was approached by a youth who afterwards was known throughout Asia and even in the West as the greatest modern apostle and resuscitator of Buddhism.
		He is said to have claimed to be a disciple of the Mahatma K.H., and he certainly never lost touch with H.P.B. After the magnificent reception in Ceylon, H. Blavatsky and her workers returned to Bombay, leaving theosophy well established in the island.
		In this brief sketch much has to be omitted that is of great interest in regard to the spread of theosophy in India, of the striking successes and, sometimes, of the disappointments and failures inevitable in a work of such an unusual character and comprising such a varied personnel in its membership.
	www.theosociety.org /pasadena/hpb-tm/hpbtm-10.htm (3303 words)

	Sri Lanka, 9 - 7 - 2007: Ceylon Workers' Congress to re-accept portfolios
		Sept 07, Colombo: Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC), the major constituent of the Upcountry Tamils of Sri Lanka has decided to re-acquire the ministerial portfolios from which they resigned few weeks ago.
		However, the CWC has demanded the Ministry of Urban Development for its leader Arumugam Thondaman, CWC sources said.
		Thondaman was to return to homeland after a foreign tour yesterday and the final decision was to follow.
	www.colombopage.com /archive_07/September755227SL.html (158 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Commodities
		Plantation workers are seeking a 67 percent increase in daily wages for the next two years.
		Ceylon Workers Congress and other tea plantation unions had struck work in February 2001 demanding higher wages.
		Some of the striking employees may return to work this week and continue to negotiate increases, Muthu Sivalingam, member of the Ceylon Workers' Congress, which represents the main estate unions, said.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=20601012&refer=commodities&sid=aZDeA2NTh0JQ (637 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Election boost for Wickramasinghe
		The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and Ceylon Workers Congress said they would support Mr Wickramasinghe in the 17 November polls.
		The Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC), which represents hundreds of thousands of Tamils, said on Wednesday that it was also pulling out of President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling coalition, party chief Arumugan Thondaman told Reuters.
		The Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) also said it would support Mr Wickramasinghe's presidential bid.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4311014.stm (659 words)

	Sri Lanka's Two Ministers Resign Over Election Dispute
		The CWC which represents minority Tamils of Indian origin and a partner of the ruling United National Party (UNP) said that Housing Minister Arumugam Thondaman and Deputy Livestock Minister Muthu Sivalingam were quitting their ministerial posts.
		The CWC spokesman R. Yogarajan said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's UNP government had substituted some of CWC candidates with other party candidates to contest the local government elections scheduled for March.
		However, he said the CWC would continue to support the UNP government for its efforts to achieve peace in the war-torn country with Norwegian mediation.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200202/09/eng20020209_90206.shtml (193 words)

	TamilNet: Plantation workers on strike over police shootings
		The main political party among the plantation workers, the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), spearheaded the strike.
		Almost all the estate workers in the upcountry participated in the strike irrespective of trade union and political party affiliations.
		Meanwhile, CWC President and former minister, Mr.Arumugam Thondaman, met with the President, Ms.
	www.tamilnet.com /art.html?catid=13&artid=11899 (301 words)

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	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/i/n/d/Index_of_political_parties.html (4024 words)

	Is the Ceylon Workers Congress in or out? \| Asian Tribune
		Colombo, 03 August, (Asiantribune.com): There is confusion right now as to whether the coalition partner, Ceylon Workers Congress, is with the Mahinda Rajapakse government or not.
		It was reported that both flew in a rage and at the height of emotional explosion Basil Rajapakse had asked the CWC to quit, if that is what they want.
		It is learnt that whether CWC quits or remains it want have any impact on the Government’s position in the Parliament.
	www.asiantribune.com /index.php?q=node/6799 (666 words)

	Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
		The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is about half the size of England and lies close to the southern tip of India and near the equator.
		Sri Lanka (or Ceylon, as it was then known) gained independence from Britain in February 1948.
		In September 2004, the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC – representing Indian-origin Tamils) with 8 seats joined the government giving it a small majority.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019041599186 (3993 words)

	Internationa Tea day-2006 website
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		Ceylon Plantation Workers(Red Flag) Union Cum Secretary General - Joint Plantation Trade Union Centre
		Chittagong Tea Garden Worker's Union' Regd No Ctg - 201 "
	teaday.org /contents/participants.htm (49 words)

	Spur Current Affairs - 6 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		March 3 - The Clinton Administration and members of Congress on Tuesday slammed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for its continuing wanton violence against innocent civilians and conscription of child soldiers in its war against the Sri Lankan Security Forces.
		The General Secretary of the Ceylon Workers Congress [CWC] and Nuwara Eliya district MP, Arumugam Thondaman, who is at the centre of a storm which has paralysed health services in the Central province since last Wednesday [17] surrendered yesterday before Hatton Magistrate, Sampath Wijeratne through his lawyers.
		There has been sizeable contribution from workers in the Middle East and individual well-wishers here and abroad.
	www.spur.asn.au /curr6.htm (6059 words)

	Zee News - Sri Lankan Minister backs Indian envoy Nirupama Rao
		The Sri Lankan government however, yesterday stated that the minister's remarks "did not reflect the government's opinion".
		The minister also said that his Ceylon workers Congress will always supported the peace process and would wish that both the government and LTTE resolve the issues as soon as possible by concrete negotiations and political will.
		Thondaman claimed that "India could play a pivotal role as a valuable negotiator between Sri Lanka and LTTE".
	www.zeenews.com /znnew/articles.asp?aid=321460&sid=SAS (243 words)

	Sri Lanka, 10 - 27 - 2007: Ceylon Workers' Congress powers devolved
		Sri Lanka, 10 - 27 - 2007: Ceylon Workers' Congress powers devolved
		Oct 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka's major Upcountry Tamil constitution Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) has decentralized its powers at the 37th annual convention held recently.
		Yogarajan is appointed as the new National Organizer and M.S. Sellasami has been given the post of Adviser.
	www.colombopage.com /archive_07/October27150627SL.html (132 words)

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