Senegalese unions challenge four-year fixed-term contracts
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lepays
Thirteen Senegalese unions are challenging the revision of the Labour Code, which they say allows an employee to remain on a fixed-term contract for four years. The Trade Union Front for the Defence of Labour is demanding a two-year limit as part of its three-day strike, reports Le Pays.
Senegalese trade unions are challenging the possibility of keeping an employee on a fixed-term contract for four years, provided for by the revision of the Labour Code promulgated on 3 September, reports the Burkinabè newspaper Le Pays. The Trade Union Front for the Defence of Labour, which brings together 13 unions from the health, education and transport sectors, is demanding that this period be capped at two years.
The nationwide protest, planned to last three days, also includes demands over unequal treatment among workers with the same level of responsibility. The unions are also denouncing threats of disciplinary sanctions and salary deductions targeting strikers.
The strike is taking place during the start of the school year and ahead of the Youth Olympic Games due to be held in Senegal. The unions confirmed on 17 October a march and 72 hours of strike action as part of their national mobilisation.
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