PDOIS urges gov’t to fix unemployment, low wages now
“Trade Unions to reflect and insist on bridging the inequality gap, through the enactment of labour laws, and more importantly, ensure that full implementation of the laws as it relates to labour rights,” he said. He commended Gambian workers for their “unrelenting struggles against the dehumanizing conditions at work place” and urged them to hold symposiums to discuss gains and challenges, then present resolutions to the executive, legislature, and labour department. Touray noted May Day honours workers’ rights and the 19th-century fight for the eight-hour day. “While we know that May Day was traditionally celebrated by dancing, and holding sports events as in the case of the Gambia, we should not forget the main objective,” he said. He stressed the day should focus on pension rights, worker safety, pay, insurance, compensation, and ending workplace exploitation. Demands must include women’s rights: sick leave, maternity leave, safe workplaces, and creches for working mothers. Farmers need equipment and competitive crop prices, he added, while women need labour-saving devices. The struggle must also include disabled persons gaining jobs with equal pay. Touray said workers have a right to form trade unions to push legislative reform and collective bargaining. He called on skilled, unskilled, farmers, and domestic workers to build coalitions to pressure the National Assembly and executive to pass and enforce pro-worker laws. “PDOIS is today joining the workers in celebration and in solidarity with the Gambian workers of all stripes in particular, and international workers worldwide,” he said.
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“Trade Unions to reflect and insist on bridging the inequality gap, through the enactment of labour laws, and more importantly, ensure that full implementation of the laws as it relates to labour rights,” he said.
He commended Gambian workers for their “unrelenting struggles against the dehumanizing conditions at work place” and urged them to hold symposiums to discuss gains and challenges, then present resolutions to the executive, legislature, and labour department.
Touray noted May Day honours workers’ rights and the 19th-century fight for the eight-hour day. “While we know that May Day was traditionally celebrated by dancing, and holding sports events as in the case of the Gambia, we should not forget the main objective,” he said.
He stressed the day should focus on pension rights, worker safety, pay, insurance, compensation, and ending workplace exploitation. Demands must include women’s rights: sick leave, maternity leave, safe workplaces, and creches for working mothers.
Farmers need equipment and competitive crop prices, he added, while women need labour-saving devices. The struggle must also include disabled persons gaining jobs with equal pay.
Touray said workers have a right to form trade unions to push legislative reform and collective bargaining. He called on skilled, unskilled, farmers, and domestic workers to build coalitions to pressure the National Assembly and executive to pass and enforce pro-worker laws.
“PDOIS is today joining the workers in celebration and in solidarity with the Gambian workers of all stripes in particular, and international workers worldwide,” he said.
