A-Infos (en) France, OCL CA #360 - Wage Insubordination 360 (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

* Indefinite strike at the Ardèche Nord Hospital Center in Annonay
* First strike at Leboncoin (a French online marketplace)
* Strike by contract workers at El-Maarouf Hospital in Moroni (Comoros)
* A mobilization that refuses to back down in Gabon
* Teachers' strike in Chad
An indefinite strike at the Ardèche Nord Hospital Center in Annonay
The Ardèche Nord Hospital Center in Annonay is experiencing its second 
strike in less than a year. The movement, called by the CFDT and CGT 
unions, began on February 10, 2026, to protest the failure to replace 
staff for up to five days in the department during sick leave. According 
to the unions, this decision has serious consequences for working 
conditions and the smooth operation of the hospital. Another point of 
contention: volunteer staff members who wanted to reinforce the teams 
were reportedly refused. Part-time employees would also be excluded from 
replacement assignments, which would be reserved for full-time staff 
only. Another sensitive issue is management's recruitment policy. Unions 
claim that the institution no longer wishes to recruit civil servants 
and would now favor permanent contracts (CDI), considered less 
expensive. Civil servants receive a specific bonus, which those on 
permanent contracts do not. On February 24, a rally organized by the 
CFDT and CGT unions brought together 150 people in front of management's 
offices.

Sources: France Bleu, Le Réveil Vivarais, Lutte Ouvrière

Annonay Hospital on strike
First strike at Leboncoin
In November 2023, the French online marketplace Leboncoin (15,000 
employees, the most visited website in France after Amazon) and Adevinta 
(its Norwegian parent company) were acquired for EUR12 billion by two 
investment funds, one American, Blackstone, and the other British, 
Permira. Since the acquisition, workers have been denouncing a 
deterioration in their working conditions, particularly due to the 
implementation by management of "performance improvement plans" (PIPs). 
These plans are techniques for pressuring employees, designed to 
"evaluate" them and then ask them to do more. In addition to these 
managerial tools, digital tools are used to monitor the activity of 
telesales agents, the objective of which is also to force employees to 
exert more effort. A similar tool is planned to monitor the IT teams' 
output.

The platform's workers are demanding an end to these methods and also a 
general wage increase to compensate for the cumulative inflation of the 
last four years (calculated at 15% by the unions). Faced with this 
situation, the workers voted in December to strike. After a few months 
of hesitation, the joint union group (CFDT, CGT, Solidaires) called on 
the company to stop work on March 18. This is a first for the company, 
which will celebrate its 20th anniversary at the end of the month. 
Approximately 10% of the workforce responded to the call at the Paris, 
Nantes, Mâcon, Reims, and Montceau-les-Mines sites, and about a hundred 
Parisian employees even held a picket line in the heart of the Sentier 
district. The employee representatives have filed a lawsuit. The hearing 
is scheduled for April 16. Meanwhile, the employees hope their strike 
will prompt a response from management and allow for a resumption of 
dialogue.

Sources: Syndicalisme hebdo, groupemarxiste.info

Strike by Contract Workers in the Comoros
Strike by Contract Workers at El-Maarouf Hospital in Moroni
After several strikes in recent years around the same demands, contract 
workers have announced an indefinite strike at El-Maarouf Hospital in 
Moroni, beginning March 9. "We can't be in the same hospital, do the 
same jobs, and have different salaries. Contract workers currently 
receive a salary of 57,500 Comorian francs (EUR117), while civil 
servants receive a salary of 100,000 francs (EUR203). What is truly 
essential right now is salary alignment and the on-call allowance. We 
can take it slowly and see how to address the other points. These two 
points are non-negotiable." Contract workers point out that a memorandum 
of understanding was signed with management in 2024 following a previous 
strike. According to the unions, it was never implemented. While the 
government has launched a major modernization project for El-Maarouf 
Hospital, including the construction of a new building estimated at 
nearly EUR55 million, the strikers emphasize that staff are necessary to 
run a hospital properly and that this also comes at a cost.

In a letter dated Tuesday, March 10, the management of El-Maarouf 
Hospital in Moroni, the capital of the Comoros, maintains that the 
ongoing strike violates the rules governing the right to strike. It 
asserts that no strike notice was filed and demands that contract 
workers return to their posts immediately to ensure the continuity of 
public service. The document also mentions possible administrative or 
disciplinary sanctions. After several weeks of action, negotiations 
between the strikers, hospital management, and the government remain 
stalled.

Sources: RFI

Teachers' General Assembly in Gabon
A mobilization that refuses to back down in Gabon
Since December 10, 2025, the National Education Union, the National 
Union of Technical and Vocational Education, and the SOS Education 
collective have paralyzed Gabonese public schools, with a participation 
rate exceeding 90%, according to the unions. The demands are not limited 
to financial arrears. They encompass decades of systematic 
administrative neglect. Teachers are demanding payment for unpaid 
shifts, back pay owed for years, the integration of 1,810 volunteers 
working without status or full salaries, the inclusion of 328 graduates 
from the Higher Teacher Training Colleges and ENSET (Higher Teacher 
Training College for Technical Education), the 692 graduates of ENIL 
(Libreville Teacher Training College) and ENIF (Franceville Teacher 
Training College), the reinstatement of frozen career promotions for 
5,000 staff members, and the reclassification of 108 teachers. Initially 
launched for three days, from December 10 to 12, the movement was 
extended indefinitely on January 10, 2026, despite a general assembly on 
January 17 explicitly rejecting its resumption without concrete guarantees.

Faced with the success of the strike and the public's support for the 
movement, the government feigns openness to dialogue but, in reality, 
pursues a repressive policy. Two union leaders, Marcel Libama and Simon 
Ndong Edzo, were charged with obstructing freedom and imprisoned. This 
measure only served to radicalize the movement. February 24, 2026, marks 
a decisive turning point. The government announces 20 pay cuts instead 
of 148. This is not a mere technical delay but a deliberate betrayal of 
commitments made. In November 2025, parliamentary allowances are 
maintained at comfortable levels: 10 million CFA francs annually from 
the sovereign wealth fund per member of parliament, and 100 million for 
the Speaker of the National Assembly. On December 29, 2025, the Council 
of Ministers easily adopts a draft decree increasing the allowances and 
bonuses of general officers in the Defense Forces. The stated objective: 
"to better recognize the accumulated experience and increased 
responsibilities at the top of the military hierarchy."
With more than 27,000 teachers spread across the country, national 
mobilization remains a major challenge. The strike has severely 
paralyzed the country's public schools, middle schools, and high 
schools. General assemblies were held on Saturdays in each of the nine 
provinces, with each province holding decision-making power.

Two opposing viewpoints have emerged within SOS Education. On one side, 
a majority expresses an almost institutionalized distrust of any 
initiative for dialogue. This group perceives the consultation proposed 
by the Minister as a sterile ritual: committees, protocol-driven 
dialogues, and recorded promises have been repeated for three decades, 
without ever materializing in the daily reality of teachers. Conversely, 
a pragmatic minority advocates a more realistic approach. They believe 
that refusing dialogue would be tactically ineffective and would harm 
the collective representation of teachers. For these stakeholders, 
dialogue remains an opportunity-even if symbolic-to amplify teachers' 
voices, formalize their demands, and potentially obtain concrete 
concessions. SOS Education's primary demands are the immediate release 
of a mathematics teacher arrested in Mouila while performing his duties, 
and an end to the police's obstruction of teachers' right to strike in 
Port-Gentil. "Repression will not solve the problems. On the contrary, 
it only worsens the situation." The President of the SOS Education 
movement announced in Libreville, during a press conference, the 
official transformation of the collective into a union. According to 
her, this transformation aims to provide the organization with a formal 
legal framework, enabling it to more effectively defend the interests of 
precarious and marginalized teachers, in strict compliance with current 
legal provisions. Translation to CHAD
Teachers' Strike in Chad
The Provincial Branch of the Chadian Teachers' Union for the city of 
N'Djamena, meeting in an Extraordinary General Assembly on February 14, 
2026, decided to begin a two-week strike to demand better working 
conditions. They are demanding the implementation of Decree 2850 
concerning the special status of teachers. Union leaders denounce a 
discrepancy between the commitments made and their budgetary 
implementation. "Without inclusion in the finance law, the decree 
remains a dead letter," confides a union official, who speaks of a 
gradual loss of confidence in the authorities. Angered by the fact that 
classes continue as normal in private schools while they are deprived of 
education, public school students demonstrated on February 16 to disrupt 
school activities in other institutions. The movement, which began in 
the Walia neighborhood, quickly spread to other areas of the capital.

The Minister of National Education and Civic Promotion and the Minister 
of Public Service believe the strike was launched in violation of legal 
procedures. According to them, this strike, motivated by the demand for 
the implementation of Decree No. 2850 concerning the special status of 
teachers, is not due to delayed salary payments. The government is 
invoking Law 32, which regulates the exercise of the right to strike in 
public services. Article 15 of this law stipulates that "days not worked 
due to strike action" are not paid and are the responsibility of the 
unions that initiated the movement. Salaries for striking teachers from 
the Chadian Teachers' Union (SET) in the Ndjamena branch have been cut, 
as well as for those in the Guéra province, particularly in the city of 
Mongo, who did not participate in the strike. The movement is spreading 
to other provinces. Among the demands is effective healthcare coverage 
for teachers. An increase in the housing allowance, from 20,000 to 
100,000 CFA francs; the regular payment of chalk allowances; and a 
revision of Decree No. 477, deemed unfavorable to the teaching profession.

The Ombudsman of the Republic met on February 27, 2026, with 
representatives of the Chadian Teachers' Union (SET), N'Djamena 
provincial branch, to discuss the concerning situation related to the 
ongoing strike in schools, which began on February 14. During the 
discussions, the Ombudsman proposed that the union leaders suspend the 
strike to facilitate further talks with the government. Teachers in 
N'Djamena decided to pause their strike amidst the high tension. Meeting 
in an extraordinary general assembly, the rank and file agreed to 
suspend the strike to allow for negotiations.

The general assemblies held at the end of March and beginning of April 
focused on salary payments and adherence to agreements made with the 
authorities. Following these discussions, the teachers decided to 
suspend their strike for a period of one to three weeks. They are, 
however, calling on the government to exercise restraint and to 
reimburse half of the affected salaries as soon as possible and without 
conditions. While this conditional resumption of work offers a brief 
respite to the education sector, the threat of a new strike looms as 
early as April 10th if no concrete progress is made.

The teaching staff consists of national teachers and community teachers 
recruited by Parents' Associations (APE) and Mothers' Associations 
(AME). In 2021, the number of teachers was 796 in preschool, 48,394 in 
primary school (grades 1-5), and 13,743 in middle school (grades 6-9).

Sources: tribune echos, atpe, Journal du Tchad, RFI, Tchadinfos, manara, 
globe-infos, Alwihda Info, africa-press, chagramedia, lendjampost, 
apanewst, dari-infos

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