Fire fighters to stage sit-in again out of Parliament

Fire fighters are expected to continue their protests on Thursday out of Parliament in Algiers as to claim their integration after they had been dismissed.

• “The decision to continue protests comes as the department of fire fighters did not meet our claims,” member of the Coordination for Fire Fighters Mourad Chico told Echorouk.
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• Earlier on Monday, a number of dismissed fire fighters staged a sit-in out of Parliament as their department did not reply to their integration request.
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• A number of fire fighters members of trade union also protested in units in the province of Boumerdes (50 km east of Algiers).
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• According to sources, the protests come as the provincial director tightened the noose on fire fighters. He obliged them to sign a document to prove that they do not belong to any trade union.
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• A member of fire fighters’ trade union said a sit-in is expected to be staged in the capital and the provinces of Boumerdes and Bouira (120 km east of Algiers).
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• A previous meeting held at the department came up with a commission but it was rejected by the trade union though the director had promised to meet all the claims.