National Union of Workers (Sri Lanka)

                   S.Philip (General Secretary)
                   J.M.Sebastian (Financial secretary)
                   Rajadurai M.P (Deputy President)
                   Hon.Sing Ponnaiah (Senior adviser Admin & IR)
                   M.Thilakarajah ( Deputy General Secretary)
                   S.Sritharan (National Organizer)

The National Union of Workers (NUW) is an active trade union in the tea plantations in Sri Lanka. The NUW was established in 1965 by V. K. Vellayan, his colleague with the most effective labour force in the tea plantation in Sri Lanka.

Earlier ages of NUW V.K. Vellayan known as peoples leader and commonly VK. He make leaders of the NUW as a labourer of tea estates and also members of the NUW. VK made enthusiastic leadership corrector such as Aiyadorai known as mattalai Rohini, Perumal, and Punniya Moorthi. These leaders are gained from estates and VK thought them trade union politice, Leadership and Management and made them as successor in trade union politics in upcountry.

In age of VK's period the NUW gain as leading trade union in Sri Lanka and it had nearly five hundred thousand of member and marched historical labour revolution in the tea plantations in Sri Lanka. VK identified that the Employment provident fund (EPF) is different from the service gratuity. He note this point to the Labour Department and filed a case at supreme court and he won for the voices of laborers.

Aftermath VK's era the NUW fallen it decrees of members. In this time p. Thigambaram elected as President of this Trade Union. He selected for Central Provincial Council from Nuwaraeliya District with Vice Leader M. Udayakumar.

In 2010 parliamentary elections, P. Thigambaram selected for Parliament of Sri Lanka for Nuwaraeliya District. In 2012 May Day rally on talawakelle town of the NUW S. Ponnaiah join to the NUW is a historical post for the NUW as he cross over from NUW's major rival Union named Ceylon Workers Congress.

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