Retail & Corporate · Sri Lanka
Cooperative Wholesale Establishment layoffs
We've tracked one Cooperative Wholesale Establishment layoff, in Sep 2023, affecting 292 people. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.
People affected
292
Across tracked announcements
Announcements
1
Sep 2023 → Sep 2023
AI-attributed
0%
Of affected people
Every tracked announcement
- −292
Sri Lanka liquidated the state owned wholesale trader on 30 September 2023 and retired its permanent staff, among the first state enterprise closures under the IMF programme.
About the figure: Figure comes from a statement by the laid off workers' own committee.
Source: World Socialist Web Site
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