Employees affiliated with the National Union of Justice and Administrative Technicians of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) will join the general public service strike announced by the Union Centrals, for March 20th.
The general secretary, Elias Pinto, and the spokesperson, João Neto, of the aforementioned union, were recently in Cabinda, at the invitation of UNTA – Confederação Sindical, for a working meeting of proximity and observation with the union’s members location of justice and administrative technicians.
According to the secretary general, Elias Pinto, some structural situations are at stake that transcend a single institution. “We have more than two thousand members across the country and many of these situations that the unions present, fortunately, are the same ones that we have been debating for more than ten years with our employer.” The general secretary, Elias Pinto, stated that “we are part of this civil service strike” because the problems discussed are transversal on both sides.
“We want the Executive or the Angolan State to look at workers with a different reality, because they are going through a very big crisis that affects the lives of citizens”, defended Elias Pinto, who was quite satisfied with the fact that, for For the first time in the country, workers gathered around trade unions to demand their rights and discuss the problems that afflict them. “It was a good thought and if the general strike happens, we, in fact, are in solidarity because the problems we face are the same.”
BY: Alberto Coelho, Cabinda