Southern oil company’s workers go on hunger stirke
Sonatrach's headquarters.
Dozens of employees from production division of the regional department of the giant oil company “Sonatrachâ€, refrained from taking yesterday’s lunch as solidarity gesture for their fellow workers in Hassi Messaoud and Ain Amennas (southern Algeria), who were “humiliated†by the company’s general office, according to sources.
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Since July 16 dozens of employees working in Hassi R’Mel were organizing peaceful sits- in by the supply base to march towards the giant industrial complexes.
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The workers’ hunger strike was prompted by the company’s reluctance to accede to their social and professional requests, and also as a reaction against the “shameful” pay rise decided by the biggest company in the country.