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Workers Threaten Strike over Energy Crisis Measures, President Begins Ruling by Decree
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Workers Threaten Strike over Energy Crisis Measures, President Begins Ruling by Decree
LANGPAUYA (BBRC) - As the global energy crisis continues to affect Bamraland, various unions; such as the truck drivers’ and factory workers’ unions, have threatened strikes over shorter work weeks and reduced schedules that are preventing employees from receiving a full day’s pay.
Bamrese wages, which have already been described as significantly lower than the global average, are paid on a weekly basis by law. The energy crisis has forced companies to decrease the working day by two or three hours, and cargo transport companies have begun outright cancelling regular truck deliveries - which is important since most truck drivers are paid hourly while doing a delivery and are not paid a fixed hourly wage for being employed by the company. With most of Bamraland still living paycheck to paycheck, the difference a few hours can make has great effects on someone’s living.
Representatives of the Bamra Labor Committee’s National Transportation Workers Federation sister organization have begun threatening strikes if transport companies don’t begin paying drivers a fixed hourly wage regardless of if they’re handling a transport job, or if transport companies don’t begin returning to regular schedules.
Factory workers have threatened strikes if companies don’t provide temporary bonuses to workers to make up for lost hours.
The far-reaching effects of the crisis continues to wreak political chaos, with President Thuta Pyae resorting to ruling by decree after Prime Minister Le Bann declared a national energy emergency. The President’s first decree was to unlock the emergency fuel reserve usually reserved for the military, allowing it to be distributed across emergency and public services across the country.