Liberia: 'Wage Bill Stalemate' - Worker Unions Engage Lawmakers

Monrovia — Workers union leaderships from all concessions and major companies in the country have expressed fear that their respective members (workers) are threatening a mass go-slow action if the continuous delays over the passage of the minimum wage bill.

Expressing their concerns during a one day interaction with the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Labor, the Deputy Labor Minister for Man Power and Planning and the Ministry of Labor Assistant Minister for Trade Union Affairs, the unionists stressed that they are being pressured by their people to ensure that the Government pass into law the US$6.00 as the minimum wage in Liberia.

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