“Another woman famous in the trade union sphere was a Muslim from Slave Island, Maimoon, who worked at Hendersons, and was a CTUF activist. She was a popular platform speaker in Sinhala and Tamil and a familiar figure during the strikes of war (WW2) and post-war years.”

“These two women leaders, Ponsinahamy and Maimoon, were influential both at their places of work and in their neighborhoods. During elections the Left candidates’ agents would canvass for votes along with these two, as their wielded enormous political influence among

the working class of their areas. They were class conscious women, who were politically more advanced than A.E. Goonesinha’s militant band of women. They used to attend study classes for women held by the Communist Party,

and during the post-war period of industrial unrest and general strikes, they led the women workers in strike activity and demonstrations.” #MayDay2021 #SriLanka