Trade union escalation in Aden in protest against deteriorating living conditions and delayed salary payments

The General Syndicate of Medical and Health Professions in Aden announced the start of a comprehensive strike starting yesterday, Tuesday, December 3, 2024, in protest against the deterioration of living conditions and the delay in paying salaries for the third consecutive month.

The Technical Education and Vocational Training Syndicate also announced the continuation of its comprehensive strike until all its demands are met, which include regular payment of salaries and a review of the wage structure in line with the rising cost of living.

In detail, the Medical and Health Professions Syndicate in Aden called on its medical, health, nursing, technical, administrative, service cadres and various categories to start a general strike in all government hospitals, health complexes, clinics, administrative and service departments.

She stressed the necessity of implementing this strike "for the sake of the difficult living conditions that have affected everyone's lives after salaries were stopped for two consecutive months, which all citizens live on."

The union said in its statement, "The flood has reached the limit, patience has run out, and it has reached an unbearable level," and called on "the governor of Aden to pay the sum of thirty thousand riyals to all its cadres, as they are no less important than their fellow teachers and educators."

She stressed that she would not back down from this strike until her legitimate and legal demands were met.

For its part, the General Union of Technical Education and Vocational Training announced its continuation of the comprehensive strike until its legitimate demands are met, stressing that it will not back down on its members’ right to a decent life and decent working conditions that guarantee dignity for the technical teacher.

She reiterated her commitment to this peaceful struggle until all her demands are met, calling in this regard on "the concerned parties to assume their responsibilities and work to resolve this crisis as soon as possible."

The government demanded that the salaries of two months of October and November be paid in one lump sum, and that the salary be paid on the specified date of the 30th of each month regularly, and that wages be restructured in a manner consistent with the high cost of living, the collapse of the currency, and the increase in prices.

It also called for the launch of settlements, the hiring of contractors, and the launch of the nature of work for 2011 employees.