The government workers frowned on the existence of the parallel labor laws in the country. For the past eight months, the public service workers union have been protesting against the bad labor practices used against them by the Government of Liberia, particularly the dismissal of four of its leaders, including George Poe, Williams, and Joseph S. Tamba of NAHWAL, Mellish P.G. Wehand Jayce W. Garniah both of the Roberts International Airport Workers Union (RIAWU) without any redress to their concern. Meanwhile, the workers union are calling for the abolition of the civil service standing order , specifically, the inclusion of civil servants and maritime workers in the Decent Work Act and also the re-instatement of the dismissed workers union leaders. They want the restoration of RIAWU’s collective bargaining agreement and the immediate and unconditional reinstatement of all dismissed teachers of the National Teachers Association of Liberia and the Monrovia Consolidated School System Teachers’ Association (MCSSTA) following the strike action.

Source: Front Page Africa January 20, 2017 02:53 UTC