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The Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) (Tamil: இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ், romanized: Ilaṅkai Toḻilāḷar Kāṅkiras; Sinhala: ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්රසය Lanka Kamkaru Kongrasaya) is a political party in Sri Lanka that has traditionally represented Sri Lankan Tamils of Indian origin working in the plantation ...
All Ceylon Malay Political Union සමස්ත ලංකා මැලේ දේශපාලන සංගමය அகில இலங்கை மலாய் அரசியல் ஒன்றியம்: 1944: Aziz Democratic Workers Congress
In 1950 the CIC was renamed to the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC). In November 1955 the leadership clashes between Aziz and Thondamon came to a head, with Aziz's election as the president of the CWC and Thondaman's candidate, S. Somasundaram , appointed as party secretary, with Thondaman's loyalists voting on 22 November to expel Aziz and his ...
In 1950 the CIC was renamed the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC). In 1956, as a result of leadership rivalries between the president, Savumiamoorthy Thondaman, and Aziz, who was the general secretary, Aziz formed the Democratic Workers Congress (DWC). In 1970 he was appointed as a member of parliament, [5] by the United Front government.
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Pages in category "Ceylon Workers' Congress politicians" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Sellasamy was district chairman of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) before being elected its general-secretary in 1963. [3] He was also president of the Estate Staff Congress, Ceylon Teachers' Congress and Lanka Agriculturists Association.
On 4 May 1972, several Tamil political groups, including the Federal Party (ITAK), Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), and All Ceylon Tamil Congress formed the Tamil United Front (TUF) under the joint leadership of S.J.V. Selvanayagam, S. Thondaman, and G.G. Ponnambalam.