Lawyers who work for the state have called off their four week-long strike.
The state attorneys say they called off the strike to enable them go through the arbitration process.This was announced at a press conference on Tuesday.
According to them, the labour laws does not allow labour or a union to go on strike while the arbitration process is still ongoing.
The state attorneys declared a strike on July 7, to push their demands for improved working conditions.
They are demanding salary increment and a harmonization of their salaries and benefits to that of circuit court judges as stated in the Legal Services Act 1993. They also complain of lack of logistics which hinders their work.
According to them, various stakeholder discussions failed to yield any positive results, hence the decision to strike. Government later dragged the striking attorneys to the National Labour Commission (NLC).
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