From December 12 to 14, the 5th Ordinary Congress of the Ivorian Confederation of Free Dignity Trade Unions was held in Abidjan. At the center of the discussions, the question of financial autonomy and the consolidation of the leadership of the CLSL Dignité.
Coming to represent the Prime Minister, Jean Claude Kouassi, Minister of Mines and Geology announced the forthcoming organization of professional elections to determine union representativeness in Côte d'Ivoire.
"It is the means by which the workers will choose, in complete freedom, their representatives and thus give the State of Côte d'Ivoire reliable interlocutors, able to be spokespersons for the employees to whom they are called. to defend the interests,” he said.
And to specify that the objective is to "consolidate democracy and social peace in order to allow the public authorities and the private sector to devote themselves resolutely to their mission of development without fear of calling into question the agreements concluded with the social partners. ".
For Elie Boga Dago, president of the CLSL Dignité, “the actions taken by the predecessors and the efforts of the international partners have allowed the CLSL Dignité to take root in the conscience of the workers and populations of Côte d'Ivoire. It is this leadership that we intend to strengthen”.
In terms of balance sheet, the leadership of the CLSL Dignité is delighted to have, in 30 years of existence, won the battle for the revaluation of the minimum wage, the categorical minima, the transport bonus and the granting of transport vehicles to inspectors. of work.
The 5th Ordinary Congress of the Ivorian Confederation of Free Dignity Trade Unions was held in the presence of national trade union centers and foreign partners such as the Interprofessional Union of Workers of Geneva, the French Democratic Confederation of Labor, CFDT, and the Confederation of Belgian Christian Syndicates.