SANNIQUELLIE – Several aggrieved former employees of steel giant ArcelorMittal who believe they were illegally redundant between 2015 and 2016 on Tuesday staged a protest by blocking the company’s railway with coffins, stones and pieces of sticks. They claim the company illegally redundant them and has since refused to reinstate them, yet employing other people to the positions they vacated. Mr. Emmanuel Sherman, Deputy Mines and Energy Minister for Operation refused to comment on the matter when contacted. When we tried to intervene, FrontPageAfrica tried to draw us into it, so I don’t do my business this way,” he said. The aggrieved workers said having worked with ArcelorMittal for years before their redundancy, the company is asking them to reapply for their posts, sit a test and interview before being reemployed.

Source: Front Page Africa August 19, 2020 08:48 UTC