The workers’ union of the National Printing House of Guinea-Bissau (INACEP) announced on Tuesday that the employees remained without pay for three months, a demotivating situation that resulted in “a considerable drop in production,” according to the unionists.
According to the spokesperson for the INACEP Workers’ Union, Iaia Djassi, who was speaking at a press conference, this situation has also resulted in the expulsion of their children from the schools where they are enrolled and the inability of some employees to pay their rent.
While acknowledging that INACEP’s difficulties are closely linked to those of the country, Djassi deplored management’s lack of communication on the state of the company. He also called on the authorities to take a greater interest in the functioning of the National Printing House.
“INACEP belongs to the government although it is an institution with administrative and financial autonomy (…) it is the executive that appoints the directors general. It must therefore supervise, control and monitor its operation,” he stressed.
Convinced that “better days will come” for the INACEP, Djassi asked her fellow workers to hold on.
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