{"id":8482,"date":"2022-08-15T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=8482"},"modified":"2022-08-14T19:41:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T19:41:39","slug":"civil-society-network-calls-for-release-of-workers-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/15\/civil-society-network-calls-for-release-of-workers-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil society network calls for release of workers\u2019 union"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By William Madouk Garang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonglei Civil Society Network has called for the immediate release of three Workers\u2019 Trade Union members who were arrested on Friday for allegedly staging protest over unpaid five-month salary arrears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This call came after police in Jonglei State arrested trio on Friday, the head of Workers\u2019 trade Union with his secretary as well as the chairperson of Teachers\u2019 Union for staging demonstrations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are identified as David Mayen Deng, Samuel Majier Looch and Ruben Matiop Mayol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a press statement seen by No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper, the civil Society Network demanded the release, adding that having peaceful protestors arrested is against the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are appealing to the police Commissioner and Governor Denay to release the members of the Workers\u2019 Trade Union from police detention,\u201d the statement stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving them incarcerated for conducting peaceful protest in itself, is against their constitutional freedom of assembly and association as stipulated in Article 25 of the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011, as amended,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The civil society network further said the protestors have not done something wrong but they are demanding for their rights and timely payment of salary against instituted payment committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIronically, at the very time the arrest was made, the payment committee was also dissolved and two months\u2019 salaries were released. Some ministries started receiving their salary immediately \u2013 exactly what they want,\u201d the activist group cited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, Major \u2013 Daniel Majak confirmed the arrest, however, declined to disclose the identity of people detained and the detail of their arrest saying that investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will not tell you exactly what happened but I will confirm that we have arrested three civil servants, and I will not tell you any detail of the arrest,\u201d he earlier told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course there are some details but because of the investigation that\u2019s why I will not tell you now,\u201d he added<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Bior Ajuong, member of the Union said, \u201cwe will never stop striking unless our right will be heard by the national government that\u2019s why we cry so that the national government hears the suffering of people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet national government hear the suffering of people, the suffering of Jonglei state because we are too tired \u2013 we are too tired because our salary is not reaching us,\u201d he echoed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Saturday, civil servants in Jonglei were still staging protest chanting \u201cwe need our rights\u201d \u201cwe need our arrears\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ibrahim Dhieu, the spokesperson of the Workers\u2019 Trade Union told media earlier that workers laid down their tools in all government institutions effective Thursday last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn August 11, 2022, we declared a general strike in all government institutions and our demands are clear: we are claiming for salary arrears for five months for all government workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also called for the dissolution of the so-called \u2018screening committee for payment arrears\u2019 allegedly formed by the state government to resolve the pay strike. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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