Striking Workers Resume Work

The workers of Douala IV council were on strike because of non-payment of their salary arrears for three months.
Workers of the Douala IV council were on a strike on November 2, because of the non-payment of their salary arrears for three months. The workers came to their work in the morning but none of them went to their duty posts but walked around the office and strolled around and none of them sat down to do their daily duties. When the information got to the mayor, Kumase John, he decided to call some of the leaders and ordered them to get back to work in the next 30mins. The order was not respected. Because the striking workers refused to give heed to the warning. It was said the Mayor was angry and described their action as being illegal, but the striking workers said they had deposited their warning eight months ago promising a strike if their salary arrears were not paid. They said their action was very legal because they had deposited notification letter at the mayor’s cabinet.
The mayor was said to have later collected names of the ring leaders of the strike and it was alleged they were CPDM workers in the Douala IV council. When the press approached the Mayor to react he was not in the mood for any interviews and turned down the request.
But by the time CT arrived at the Douala IV council on November 3rd, the workers were all in their duty posts. The workers were said to have had another meeting were they reached at an agreement. But the Mayor was not reachable to comment because he was in a meeting.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO