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Union calls strike

Mali's main trade union, l'Union nationale des Travailleurs du Mali (UNTMA) launched a 48-hour nationwide general strike on Tuesday after inconclusive talks with the government on its demand for salary increases, news organisations reported. The union called for a 10-percent wage increase, but the government was only prepared to give five percent, news reports said. It also called for a cut in water and electricity tariffs, government action on the rising cost of basic foods and career structures for the civil service. Trade union leaders said up to three-quarters of union members had stayed away from work in the capital, Bamako, according to the BBC.

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