Main demands of workers in the 7th Session of the GFTU General Council

Damascus (ST): The General Council of the General Federation of Trade Unions continued the work of its seventh session on its second day, with the participation of Prime Minister Hussein Arnous and a number of concerned ministers.

The work of the seventh session of the Council was launched yesterday, where the participants in the session demanded improving the living situation of the working class, securing production requirements, supporting the real product, finding an economic development plan to advance the reality of the agricultural sector, taking clear measures to combat corruption and reviewing the work of positive intervention institutions.

The participants also demanded solving the workers’ transportation problem, putting an end to the decrease in the prices of medicines, increasing the retirement age to 65 years and improving the living conditions of citizens.

They also demanded supporting the General Establishment for food industries and enhancing the performance of the hospitals in Lattakia.

Among other important demands is providing soft loans for farmers, with the aim of installing solar energy systems that facilitate their work, providing support for the industrial sector in Aleppo, restoring the destroyed companies and establishing new companies that cover different fields.

K.Q./Hamda Mustafa