By successfully mobilising vigorous elements within the country in early 2007,
the unions generated immense hope among a population that has always been
denied democracy. More than eight months after the general strike was brutally
put down, with much bloodshed, the challenge facing the unions now is to keep
firmly closed ranks and capitalise on their popularity to get the country
embarking on reforms as quickly as possible.
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Guinea: The trade union movement as an engine of change
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