Guinea: trade union centers agree on a general strike
The standoff between the unions and the authorities is hardening.
Gathered in conclave this Thursday, February 22, the centrals decided to launch a general and indefinite strike from Monday.
Their demands are rather heterogeneous: an end to attacks on press freedom and measures to relieve consumers' wallets.
In the hangar of the labor exchange, union leaders announce the filing of a strike notice, in Conakry on February 6, 2024. © Matthias Raynal / RFI
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With our correspondent in Conakry,
Matthias Raynal
All sectors are concerned: public, private, informal.
The thirteen trade union centers in the country called on their basic structures “
to scrupulously observe the strike slogan until the various points included in the notice are resolved
”.
The document contains five demands, the main of which: the release of the secretary general of the union of press professionals of
Guinea
,
Sékou Jamal Pendessa
.
He has been in prison since January 19 for calling for demonstrations against the censorship of certain media and the Internet.
Among the other demands, there is “
a downward revision of the
prices of basic necessities
”.
The union centers met this morning at the Labor Exchange.
The discussions lasted a good part of the day.
Some wanted to wait until the beginning of March to start the strike, after salaries had been paid.
Finally, shortly after 3 p.m., everyone agreed to launch the strike movement next week.
This is the first general strike under the CNRD, in power since September 5, 2021.
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