Guinea: Unions Threaten Indefinite Strike

Guinea’s two most powerful trade unions have threatened to call an unlimited general strike from Thursday unless the government acts on demands issued two weeks ago.

New demands by the National Confederation of Guinean Workers (CNTG) and the Union Syndicate of Guinean Workers (USTG) call for reductions in the prices of fuel and the nation’s staple food, rice.

Over the weekend queues have been forming at petrol stations as fears grow that the government will meet the demands of the fuel vendors and raise prices once again.

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