Yemeni workers end strike

Workers and employees at the Yemeni ports have resumed work after they observed a general strike on Tuesday, demanding an increase in their salaries.

A source at the Yemeni Port Association said that the workers and the employees resumed work after the minister of transport promised to consider their demands.

A statement by the Yemeni Port Association said that more than 20,000 workers and employees started on Monday an open strike demanding an increase in their salaries.

More than 800 workers at Aden port on the Gulf of Aden and al-Jadida on the Red Sea took part in the strike for a short period at the beginning of November, demanding an increase in their monthly pay, which ranges between US $70 and $100.

The strikers stressed that they had decided to observe the strike after negotiations with the Ministry of Transport had failed over the salaries.