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PNG workers stage strike protest
Power blackouts are being experienced across Papua New Guinea as workers of PNG Power stage a sit-in protest today.
The
Post Courier newspaper reports the president of the Energy Workers Union, Eddie Gisa, saying workers are asking the board and management of PNG Power and the government to address their demands set out in a petition handed to the board on Wednesday.
The paper reports the managing director of PNG Power, Flagon Bekker, addressed the workers this morning outside their headquarters in Hohola promising to look into their grievances and appealing to them to return to work.