Labour inspectors launched started a two-day strike on May 15. The protestors demand improving the situation of labour inspectors, deep reforms in their sector, and a revision of the legal system regulating their profession.
Air Algérie aviation maintenance agents protested last Saturday to call on the administration to respond to their demands.
On Saturday, the Independent National Union of Labour Inspectors announced, in a statement, a two-day national strike.
In a televised interview broadcast on 24 April, the Algerian President announced new salary increases and a rise in unemployment benefit. Announced on the eve of the strike called by a coalition of 26 trade unions, the increases will come into effect in December.
Algeria’s public service unions have announced that a two-day strike will be launched by workers to protest against recent salary increases that do not meet their needs.