Strike suspended at Sucreries du Gabon as mediation opens
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’Union
The Sugar Workers’ Union suspended on 12 October the strike that began on 1 October at Sucreries du Gabon in Franceville, and agreed to mediation. The action was protesting, among other things, a lack of protective equipment and inadequate medical monitoring, according to L’Union.
The Sugar Workers’ Union (Sytrasuc), affiliated with the Gabonese Confederation of Workers’ Trade Unions (CSTG), suspended the strike on 12 October 2026, after it began on 1 October at Sucreries du Gabon, and opened a mediation process, according to the newspaper L’Union.
The industrial action began after several days of a collective work stoppage in Franceville, in south-eastern Gabon, according to L’Union.
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