Education strike to hit Algeria

2011-12-18

Algeria's National Union of Education Workers (SNTE) plans to mount a one-week strike on Monday (December 19th), El Watan quoted the union's national co-ordinator, Ben Medour Nadjib, as saying. The union told members to prepare for a prolonged campaign, including hunger strikes, and will continue the action if the education ministry fails to meet their demands. The union's demands include a variety of increases in compensation, benefits, and working conditions.

Source: Magharebia.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2011/12/18/newsbrief-04.