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Current Feed ContentTOP CLASS: World Teachers Day observedThe Gambia Teachers’ Union (GTU) joined teachers all over the world to commemorate October 5th, World Teachers Day. As an affiliate of Education International (EI), the GTU joined 394 organisations of teachers and education workers in 171 countries and territories with a membership of 30 million across the globe to turn the spotlight on matters affecting their members as well as to register appreciation of the contribution of teachers and other education workers in the provision of quality...SoS Abdou Colley’s Workers Day address - calls for high sincerity at work, honesty and attitudinal changeThe Gambia yesterday joined the international community in celebrating Worker’s Day at a grand style at the Independence Stadium, Bakau.In a statement delivered on the day, Abdou Colley, secretary of state for Trade, Industry and Employment dilated on the new labour dispensation in place passed by the National Assembly in its third Legislative session in 2007. He informed workers that the new labour dispensation is also in line with government’s objective to promote social justice and...200 strike at Al-KharafiAt least 200 employees of the Al-Kharafi Construction Group, working at the Banjul International Airport Improvement Project, have begun a sit-down strike, for the alleged failure of the management to fully settle their January salaries. The workers also accused the management of ‘unjustifiably” sacking 15 of their colleagues, and decried the lack of a compensation package for accidents and emergency, and disregard of safety precautions. They are also demanding 20 per cent increase of...Labour bill amended NAMS Tough on child abuseMembers of the National Assembly has condemned the upsurge in child labour and street begging. The NAMs also called on the relevant authorities to deal with this situation by implementing the laws stated in the Bill and ensure that the Bill protects both employees and employers. These comments where made by members on Monday at the beginning of the third Legislative Year session during the amendment of the Labour Bill of 2007. The bill seeks to incorporate, in the basic national legislation on...SOMALIA: Harnessing community powerBURAO Abdi Hassan's new stone house is one of 60 that have mushroomed in the Koosar and Aden Saleban areas of Burao town, in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, northwestern Somalia. The two-roomed units are low-cost and part of a project that started in 2003 targeting 1,800 families - returnees from Ethiopian refugee camps who remained displaced in Burao, Togdeer region. The community initiative was supported by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) and other partners. "When we... |
