All Algeria’s ports, airports, and border posts risk being paralyzed on April 18 and 19 by a two-day strike, announced by Algerian customs officers and executives. An action that will certainly not be without consequences on the economic and social life of the country.
In fact, in a strike notice, the collective of Algerian customs officers threatened to resort to a two-day national strike, on April 18 and 19, to demand that their grievances be taken care of by their supervisory authority, namely the Ministry of Finance.
In their notice, the customs officers notably denounced the last circular of their supervision which obliges the customs officers to work during Saturday, while the latter is unemployed and paid for all the civil servants, including depending on the customs officers. The other claim of customs officers relates to the precarious conditions in which they exercise their functions.
Customs officers demand a better working environment
In this regard, customs officials are calling for the acquisition of 4 × 4 vehicles for officers in the field and light cars for those working in the administration. The other complaint raised concerns the working clothes of the agents. “We demand the acquisition of a good quality official outfit, similar to those of the agents of the Police and the National Gendarmerie”, one reads in the notice of strike.
The Algerian customs union also wanted to denounce the deleterious climate in which the agents and executives of the sector exercise their functions, citing, in particular, the extension of working hours to 10 hours a day and the poor organization of services. and mission management. Moreover, the group of customs officers and executives denounce “the recourse of the DG to the sidelining of many competent executives and the abusive management of human resources in the absence of a social partner”.
They threaten to radicalize their movement
In their notice, customs officials also raise career management, particularly by requiring the promotion of all agents and executives with 10 experience and the organization of a promotion competition every five years.
While threatening to paralyze all ports, airports, border crossings, and customs administrations at the national level, on April 18 and 19, sector officials also threatened to harden their movement in the case of non-taking in charge of their claims. In fact, in their notice, the customs officers threaten to resort to a cyclical strike of one more day per month, namely on 16, 17, and 18 May, on 13, 14, 15, and 16 June, and on 11, 12, July 13, 14 and 15.
