UASA Issues 21-Day Strike Notice Over Conditions of Service and Salary Demand

The Union of Academic Staff Associations UASA has issued a 21-day strike notice to the Government of Sierra Leone over the non-implementation of the reviewed Conditions of Service for academic staff of public tertiary institutions and its demand for a 100% salary increase.

In a formal notification addressed to the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, UASA said it had been engaging the Government and other relevant stakeholders for the past three years in an effort to resolve issues affecting academic staff.