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Customs TU action cripples Colombo business

Food importers and wholesalers shut their shops in the capital city yesterday, demanding the government to resolve trade union action by Customs officials. Picture shows a labourer sleeping on a cart in a street in Pettah without any work. However, following discussions with the Finance Minister and the President last night, Custom trade unions had called-off all trade union action

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