The Syndicat des Acteurs de la Monnaie Électronique de Guinée (SAMEL-G) is a
trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
of
mobile money
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workers in
Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...
. Two notable mobile money providers in the country are
MTN Group
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and
Orange S.A.
Orange S.A. (; formerly , stylised as france telecom) is a French multinational telecommunications corporation founded in 1988 and headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris.
''Orange'' has been the corporation's main brand for mobile, ...
History
In early 2022, SAMEL-G joined a pre-existing strike of
Orange Money distributors, leading to a general strike of Orange's distributor and vendors. Demands included commissions on transactions and recharges and a dedicated support hotline. The union also called on the Guinean government to keep in mind the preservation of workplaces in their regulation of telecom companies.
References
Trade unions in Guinea
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