2023-05-10 21:06:17
The workers of the Town hall of Ziguinchor, members of the inter-union of the employees of the territorial collectivities, declared the war with Ousmane Sonko. This decision was taken following the declaration of the mayor of Ziguinchor, at the end of the ordinary session of the Municipal Council last Monday. He had asked the secretary general of the town hall to start cutting the salary of any agent on strike from this month, following a directive from the Head of State Macky Sall. The workers responded to this request with a statement.
During a press conference held at the Ziguinchor Labor Exchange, Abib Goundiam, spokesperson for the local authority workers’ union, took the floor to say: “These threats do not make us fear. He thinks he’s a warmonger, we’re more warmongers than him. Anything he wants, we love him. Everything he doesn’t want, we don’t like. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, for his augmentations”.
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This group of municipal workers from Ziguinchor, Senegal expressed their astonishment at the decision of the mayor, Ousmane Sonko, to follow the words of the President of the Republic, Macky Sall, following he declared that he was not listening to him. . Abib Goundiam recalled the remarks of the Head of State on the wage grabs, affirming that they are “workers who have not filed a strike notice. Workers protesting for things that are not theirs.”
The unionized workers of the territorial collectivities of Ziguinchor reacted by asking the mayor to stop his threats. “We are trade unionists, we claim our rights,” said the spokesperson for the intersyndicale. The delegates of the town hall officials asked the city councilor of Ziguinchor to lay the foundations for a dialogue for the smooth running of the institution. A. Gooundiam revealed that he had already met the delegates once, at their request, but that the mayor was now refusing any dialogue with the workers and trampling on their rights.
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Abib Goundiam and his comrades said they would continue to demand and demand their rights, and that they would only take a rest when the advocated salary increases took effect.
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