The sooner the Togolese government award the phosphate contract...

The sooner the Togolese government award the phosphate contract the better for the workers. The problem SNPT will have is the skilled workers jumping ship.

Lomé October 9, 2013 © koaci.com - The National Society of Phosphates in Togo (SNPT) has a cold this morning by a strike.

On Wednesday morning, the staff of the National Society of Phosphates in Togo (SNPT) is shaken by an outburst of temper widely followed.

A Kpémé, site treatment product like Hahotoè, extraction site, the atmosphere is tense. At the call of three (03) unions defend the interests of workers in the mining unit, 85% of staff in walkout.

After moving their workplaces in the morning without taking their spots, they left the workplace for the city. "We are currently gathering place," said Koaci.com at around 11am, an official of one of the unions that triggered the movement. In background noise, you could hear chants and slogans instead of gathering in Hahotoè.

Since September 24, the union filed a notice of strike. They require the application of the minimum conventional effective medical visits, the individual worker protection and some social work. "Since the entry into force of the new collective agreement, the conventional minimum is not met. We therefore demand the revaluation of our pay scale on the basis of the new collective agreement ", explained another unionist Kpémé.

Togo: The lungs of the Togolese economy paralyzed today

SNPT is considered a leading provider of national budget resources. Movements that paralyze the industrial unit concerned meantime as the lungs of the national economy, occur during that announces an agreement between the Government and the Synergy Workers Togo (STT) on the platform of protest officials. The Minister of Mines Nupokou Damipi and CEO of SNPT Michel KEZIE, will endeavor to find a solution to restart production.



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