This is the substance of a strike notice filed on April 25 with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Minader).
Employees of the Cameroon development corporation (CDC) are in ” Peaceful Labour Day” mode. This is a grumbling movement scheduled for May 1 to 10, 2023. Launched by three workers’ unions in the agri-food society, this strike aims to demand more safety for workers, the payment of 28 months of salary arrears and the appointment of a workers’ representative on the CDC’s board of directors.
CDC employees are preferred targets of separatists activities in the Southwest region, where the company has most of its plantations. According to these unions, insecurity has already led to the death of 26 workers of the company specialising in the production and export of bananas, rubber and palm oil.
Indeed, the last attack noted by the CDC’s top management was on February 10, 2023. According to Franklin Ngoni, CEO of this company, 5 employees were killed and 44 others injured following an attack by alleged separatist armed men.
