Workers at Rusal's Guinea bauxite mine go on strike

Compagnie des Alpes SA

26/05/2022 14:19

CONAKRY, May 26 (Reuters) - Workers at Russian aluminium
giant Rusal's  RUAL.MM  Guinea subsidiary Compagnie des Bauxites
de Dian Dian (COBAD) went on strike on Thursday, a union leader
told Reuters. 
    Rusal did not immediately reply to a request for comment,
and it was not immediately clear whether production at the COBAD
bauxite mine was continuing.
    The workers at COBAD are demanding better working conditions
and a salary increase, union leader Yamoussa Bangoura said by
telephone, adding COBAD was given notice of a strike on May 7.
    "We have asked everyone to stop working until our demands
are met," Bangoura said. Workers decided to strike after talks
with COBAD management on Wednesday were inconclusive, he said. 

 (Reporting by Saliou Samb in Conakry, Additional reporting by
Helen Reid in Johannesburg, Editing by David Evans)
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