strike

The protests against insecurity in the cities of the eastern DRC continue to make headlines. If activities in some cities like Butembo, Oicha and Kasindi start to pick up little by little, after three weeks of tension, this is not the case everywhere. This situation affects the school calendar and worries more and more parents and teachers.…

A pearl strike had been called since January and paralyzed the administration every two weeks. This was a broken promise from the government, which has committed to restoring social benefits that have been suppressed since 2016 due to the fall in oil prices. Today, the difference continues behind the scenes of a social pact, a first in five years of negotiations. The ten-page document is being studied at the office of the union protest platform. The goal of this pact that the government proposes is written in black and…

According to local elected officials, six young Malians were killed on Thursday, March 25, in the northeastern part of the country in a strike that the French force Barkhane described as targeting jihadists. Local notables speak of young hunters killed during persecuting game. They request that an investigation be initiated and that liability be established.…

Work is likely to be severely disrupted this Monday, March 22, in the tax, customs and Gabonese public treasuries. "No money, no work," the Association of Financial Authorities Collectors (Fecorefi) decided this Friday, March 19th. They demand payment of the budget performance bonus that the government refuses to pay because, he says, the performance of these agents has been below expectations. The tax…

In Mali, UNTM, the country's leading trade union, is urging all workers to stop working until next Friday. Last month, a similar movement had already slowed down activities in the country for three days. Today, the allegations have not changed, even though discussions are ongoing with the authorities. UNTM's requirements are…

This Tuesday, December 8, is declared a day of anger by doctors in Tunisia. Only minimum services should be provided at the country's public hospitals. The Danish Medicines Agency's advice calls for a profound reform of the currently harmful health system. as reported from Tunis, Michel PicardThe accidental death last week, in…

On Monday, November 30, the unions called for a work stoppage and believed that the government did not adequately protect professionals in the sector against Covid-19. They are asking for more resources, extra premiums and better social coverage. Finally, this Sunday evening, December 6, a few hours before the start of the strike, the unions closed the slogan.…

Anger is escalating in Kenya after the deaths of two famous doctors this weekend. They gave in to Covid-19 when the country faces a second deadly wave. More than 2,000 health workers have contracted the virus since the pandemic began. Dozens died of it. Their union is threatening to strike if nothing is done to protect them.…

The three-day national and multisectoral strike, at the request of the country's first union group, UNTM, paralyzed many sectors in Mali between Wednesday and Friday. Negotiations can be resumed quickly between UNTM and the government, but the deviation continues. For Yacouba Katilé, president of the National Union of Workers of Mali, the strike was a success.The call to stop working for three days was well attended, especially in the banking sector, the mines or the public services for customs, finance and health. The…

In Mali, the social and political reality is regaining its rights after three days of national mourning, but also of national community around the figure of the late President Amadou Toumani Touré. UNTM, the first union group in the country, began a three-day strike on Wednesday 18 November. A call to stop work affecting all sectors.…