Ceylon Workers Congress

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The Ceylon Workers Congress is a major Sri Lankan political party and trade union historically representing the interests of Indian Tamil plantation workers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ceylon Workers’ Congress 3
Ceylon Workers Congress canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
alliedWith various major Sri Lankan governing coalitions ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
ethnicBase Indian Tamil community in Sri Lanka ⓘ
fieldOfWork labour relations ⓘ
minority rights advocacy ⓘ
politics ⓘ
foundedBy Savumiamoorthy Thondaman ⓘ
hasAbbreviation CWC ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasLeader Arumugam Thondaman ⓘ
Jeevan Thondaman ⓘ
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman ⓘ
hasMembership plantation workers ⓘ
trade union activists ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Arumugam Thondaman ⓘ
Jeevan Thondaman ⓘ
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman ⓘ
hasWing trade union wing ⓘ
women’s wing ⓘ
youth wing ⓘ
historicallyRepresents rubber plantation workers ⓘ
tea plantation workers ⓘ
ideology Tamil minority politics ⓘ
plantation workers’ rights ⓘ
trade unionism ⓘ
influences Sri Lankan labour policy ⓘ
Sri Lankan minority rights policy ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for citizenship rights of Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka ⓘ
participation in coalition governments ⓘ
operatesIn Central Province of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya District ⓘ
plantation sector of Sri Lanka ⓘ
participatesIn Sri Lankan parliamentary elections ⓘ
partOf Sri Lankan political party system ⓘ
politicalActivity bargaining for wages and working conditions of plantation workers ⓘ
campaigning for housing and land rights of plantation workers ⓘ
participation in cabinet-level ministries through coalition politics ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
regionServed Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
represents Indian Tamil plantation workers ⓘ
Indian Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
sectoralBase plantation sector ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka → politicalParty → Ceylon Workers Congress ⓘ
United People’s Freedom Alliance → memberParty → Ceylon Workers’ Congress ⓘ
linked to: Ceylon Workers Congress
People’s Alliance (Sri Lanka) → memberParty → Ceylon Workers’ Congress ⓘ
linked to: Ceylon Workers Congress
Up-country Tamils → politicalRepresentation → Ceylon Workers’ Congress ⓘ
subject linked to: up-country Tamils
linked to: Ceylon Workers Congress