https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Reimagining-the-Frontline-from-Heaven-s-Edge https://internationalviewpoint.org/Reimagining-the-Frontline-from-Heaven-s-Edge 2020-05-10T08:32:20Z text/html en Yasmin Gunaratnam Ecology and the Environment Women Sri Lanka Trade unions/workplace organizing Covid-19 Pandemic <p>“I hated unions,” says Sathya Vani, now Joint-President of Sri Lanka's Domestic Workers' Union (DWU). “My parents were part of a union, who did nothing for them. So for a long time I avoided trade unions.”</p> <p>Vani's parents work in a tea plantation in the Kandyian hill country. “We saw how our parents suffered,” she continues matter-of-factly. “We wanted a better life.” A better life is not always easier.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV544-May-2020-" rel="directory">IV544 - May 2020</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Ecology-and-the-Environment-+" rel="tag">Ecology and the Environment</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Women-+" rel="tag">Women</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Sri-Lanka-+" rel="tag">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Trade-unions-workplace-organizing-+" rel="tag">Trade unions/workplace organizing</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Covid-19-Pandemic-+" rel="tag">Covid-19 Pandemic</a>