Interesting read.

Malanding

Courtesy of thepoint.gm


Following Conclave with NIA 
Dock workers Call off Proposed Strike Action  
Monday 27th August 2007

By Alhagie Mbye

The Dock and Maritime Workers Union has finally decided to tread the line of
dialogue instead of confrontation following a meeting held at the National
Intelligence Agency headquarters in Banjul sometime last week, The Point can
confirm.

The dock workers who were poised to embark on an industrial strike on 1st
September have reportedly decided to call off their planned industrial
action and resolved to engage the Gambia Ports Authority in a roundtable
discussion with a view to reaching an agreeable compromise.

According to our source, during the said meting at the NIA headquarters, the
upper echelon of the union was given two options by the agency: to either go
back to their stakeholders to engage them in dialogue so as to address the
matter in a peaceful manner or to go ahead with the strike and face the full
consequence of the repercussion of their action. 

Consequently, after a careful and thoughtful analysis, the representatives
of the aggrieved employees then deemed it wise to choose the former option,
thus calling off the planned strike in the interest of peace in the country.

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