Mali s largest union launches fresh strike Mon 24th May 2021 | 06:01 PM
Bamako, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th May, 2021 ) :Mali s largest trade union launched a fresh strike on Monday, an AFP journalist said, slowing or paralysing government offices and banks in the unstable West African country.
The move follows a similar strike last week, and comes amid growing frustration with the post-coup government in Mali.
The National Union of Malian Workers (UNTM), which represents public servants and private-sector employees, called a second four-day strike after pay negotiations with Mali s interim government collapsed over the weekend.
Hamadoun Bah, a union official, told AFP: The government side only came with promises. And even these promises are backed up by other conditions .
A man holds a Mali’s national flag PHOTO: Associated Press
Mali’s largest trade union launched a fresh strike on Monday, an AFP journalist said, slowing or paralysing government offices and banks in the unstable West African country. x
The move follows a similar strike last week, and comes amid growing frustration with the post-coup government in Mali.
The National Union of Malian Workers (UNTM), which represents public servants and private-sector employees, called a second four-day strike after pay negotiations with Mali’s interim government collapsed over the weekend.
Hamadoun Bah, a union official, told AFP: “The government side only came with promises. And even these promises are backed up by other conditions”.
Members of Mali’s prison service are this week set to launch a 10-day strike that is expected to end on 7 June.
Their protest aims to put pressure on the country’s transitional authority to implement a memorandum of understanding signed in December 2020.
Members of the country’s main trade union, the National Union of Malian Workers (UNTM), also began a nationwide strike last week to demand better pay.
Recent months have seen mounting public anger over the slow pace of reforms by Mali’s transitional government.
Several other strike notices have also been issued and the opposition movement that galvanized the protests that led to the ouster of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita also intends to resume demonstrations in June.