By RFIPalled on 29-09-2019Modified on 29-09-2019 at 00:40

In the Central African Republic, after the announcement of a general strike notice, negotiations were opened between the 20 or so unions and the government. Among the main demands, the payment of salary arrears, the revalorization of wages, the lifting of the deductions applied to wages, sickness and child allowance. A memorandum of understanding was signed on Wednesday. Fourteen commitments on the government side, four on the union side. A refund was made Saturday to the workers at a general meeting at the Labor Exchange.

Some progress has been made. Many will depend on technical and financial partners. This memorandum of understanding does not satisfy the workers present at the Labor Exchange, concedes Noël Ramadan, General Secretary of the Trade Union Union of Central African Workers (USTC): " As you can feel here in the General Assembly, we do not We are not satisfied as we would have liked, but it is better to have something than nothing at all. Well, we still came across a compromise the essential is saved, but if in 3 months nothing happened to come true we would return to the charge. "

Only the GSTC did not sign this agreement. Zoh Ponguélé, its secretary general, believes that progress is not enough: " Today, with this memorandum of understanding, the workers won what? Nothing. What they have won is 2,500 francs on the family allowance. But today the purchasing power of workers has really collapsed. A teacher who earns 80,000 francs, he can not do anything with his salary. So we asked for a salary increase of 40%. Today we have 2,500. There is no shortage of resources in our country, it is about governance and management . "

Trade union centers plan to closely monitor the application of this memorandum of understanding, otherwise they will put pressure on the government.

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