* More than 200 injured in Monday's clash
* BOI closes main free trade zone for 2nd day
Sri Lanka's major trade unions threatened on Tuesday continuous strikes unless the government scraps a proposed private pension fund, a day after thousands of workers clashed with police to protest against the retirement scheme.
Although President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling party suspended the pension bill temporarily on Monday after the violence, unions said the move was merely a delaying tactic.
"We are against this scheme, the way they are bringing it in is not acceptable," said 42-year old Ajith Premalal, a worker at money printing firm De la Rue's plant. "The government is trying to steal workers' money by this bogus pension scheme."
* BOI closes main free trade zone for 2nd day
Sri Lanka's major trade unions threatened on Tuesday continuous strikes unless the government scraps a proposed private pension fund, a day after thousands of workers clashed with police to protest against the retirement scheme.
Although President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling party suspended the pension bill temporarily on Monday after the violence, unions said the move was merely a delaying tactic.
"We are against this scheme, the way they are bringing it in is not acceptable," said 42-year old Ajith Premalal, a worker at money printing firm De la Rue's plant. "The government is trying to steal workers' money by this bogus pension scheme."
