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Freed from prison, Ivory Coast union leader resumes union work

15-03-2013

Freed from prison on December 22 last year after 18 months' detention, Basile Mahan Gahé, general secretary of the national trade union center Dignité, resumed his union duties on March 9 and announced the union's action plan, including a campaign for an increase in the national minimum wage. At a press conference in Cocody, Basile warmly thanked all those in the international labour movement who fought for his release.

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