LABOUR DAY in South Sudan: Workers Struggling Through Economic Challenges

Episode 2722,   May 01, 10:00 AM

The South Sudan Federation Workers' Trade Union Federation is joining the rest of the world in commemorating International Labour Day. The union says South Sudanese workers are confronted by a plethora of challenges tied to economic challenges. They say the private sector workforce needs more protection due to weak formalisation of contractual arrangements between employers and employees. In conversation with Irene Lasu is Agasio Akol Arop, Deputy  Secretary  General  and Representative of Trade Union Federation in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, and Maling Mary Mogga, Secretary  for  Gender and Child Affairs in the union.