According to information received by Foroyaa, workers who were protesting against their working condition (lack of contract of employment, transportation facilities, fixed hours of work and summary dismissals) were replaced by their employer.
Foroyaa is still investigating what went wrong. Under normal circumstances, the workers should belong to unions and the unions are empowered by law to bargain for better pay and working conditions of workers.
This saves the workers from taking actions that make them vulnerable. Employers should take note of the fact that poor working conditions should not be encouraged and should be addressed in a bargain between the unions to ensure a stable environment for the workers.
Foroyaa strongly urges the employers not to replace one group of workers with another while the same working condition remains. Instead they should assess the working conditions, then offer general recommendation.
The best approach is to strengthen the trade unions in the country and ensure that all workers are unionized. This is the only way to ensure a stable employer-worker relation.
