On Saturday January 28, the employees of the offices of Algérie Poste in several localities of the country have decided to start a indefinite strike to demand, among other things, higher wages and the organization of rest days. The consumer protection organization, the apocalypsewas the first to react by denouncing this unexpected strike, which moreover, started on a Saturday, the day that most citizens choose to go to the post offices.
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In the evening of the same day, the Directorate General of Algeria Post announced that she hears complain to the courts to cancel this protest movement that the employees undertook without warning. And it was yesterday evening, Sunday January 29, that the court of Dar El Beida (Algiers) has rendered its provisional verdict.
Court of Dar El Beida judges the strike of Algerian post office employees “illegal”
Thus, this Sunday, January 29, the court of Dar El Beida (Algiers) rendered a interim order in which it stipulates the illegality of the strike which took place on Saturday and Sunday, January 28 and 29, at certain post offices across the national territory.
The Dar El Beida court ruled “ illegal » the unexpected strike of the workers of Algérie Poste.
“Following the work stoppage recorded at certain post offices, today January 29, 2023, the court of Dar El Beida issued an interim order specifying its illegality », Indicates a press release from Algérie Poste.
Moreover, the press release adds: “In addition to the decision that the justice will take according to the results of the investigations carried out concerning the anonymous calls [à la grève] on social networks,
the Directorate General of Algeria Post will initiate all the steps and take all the measures provided for in the texts of law and by the regulatory texts in force”.
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Note that the term ” interim order» designates « a legal procedure which makes it possible to settle quickly and temporarily a challenge in the event of an emergency”.
Anonymous strike calls on social networks: the Court of Algiers opens an investigation
For its part, the criminal center for the fight against cyber crimes at the Court of Algiers ordered, this Sunday, January 29, the opening of a immediate investigation to shed light on the anonymous calls to strike launched via social networks. Calls which “hinder the proper functioning of certain public establishments, in particular the postal services”, estimates the judicial body.
Justice wants to crack down on anonymous callson strike on social networks.
“[…]The public prosecutor at the national criminal unit for the fight against cybernetic crimes informs public opinion that, following calls to obstruct the proper functioning of certain public service establishments, in particular the post office, launched via social networks andcoinciding with the payment of unemployment benefit […]— the public prosecutor’s office ordered the opening of aimmediate investigationto shed light on this matter and identify those involved,” the document reads.
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With a firm tone, the prosecution emphasizes: “The law will be applied in all its rigor”.
