Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Tanzanian Trade Unions Cancel Planned Strike
August 22, 2008
22 August 2008 - News From Africa
Tanzania’s trade unions called off a general strike Thursday after President Jakaya Kikwete urged government workers to pursue their grievances in a “procedural” manner. The umbrella Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA), which had called a three day strike by civil servants to protest against the delayed implementation of a new improved wage structure, cancelled the strike after Kikwete termed the strike “illegal” on state television. The strike was set to begin on August 25. [PE]