To protect, preserve, secure and promote the Interests, Rights and Privileges of its members and Trade Unions affiliated to the NWC.
To improve the qualify of life economically, socially, culturally and spiritually and to ameliorate living conditions of the members and affiliated Trade Unions.
Advocacy with the relevant authorities incases of members who are victimized, harassed and unjustly treated in the course of their employment.
To provide legal advice and such other assistance to members and to the affiliated Trade Unions as and when necessary and also represent them at the inquiries and legal for a regarding disputes connected with their employment.
To encourage non-Political, Independent, Democratic and Free Trade Unions to federate with the NWC.
To involve members in informal Trade Union activities as a value-based Trade Union Social Movement.
To promote collective bargaining, compromise and fair negotiations in solving workers problems.
To strengthen the membership by effective recruiting programmes.
To organize the unorganized and informal sectors.
- National Congress of Women Programmes
- NWC Womens Organisation Programmes
- NWC Youth Organisation Programmes
- Professional Courses
- Skills Training Programmes
- Educational Programmes including negotiation skills
- Militant Leadership Training Programmes
- Computer Training Programmes
- EPZ Counselling Centres and EPZ expansion Programmes
- Hostel for the EPZ working girls - Katunayake
- Migrant Workers Programmes (including pre and return migrant activities)
- Disadvantaged / Street Children's Programmes
- Fisheries project
- Training of Trainers Programme
- Micro Credit Schemes
- Industrial Relations Educational and aining Foundation
- Norms and Social Alert with para legal training
- Wood-Building & Construction Workers Training Centre
- Domestic Workers Desk
- Co-operatives for Plantation Workers
- Grievance Handling
- Mediating to improve relationship between Employer and Employee