Industrial action at Mepa lifted

Mepa said today that its services have returned to normal after a dispute with trade unions was resolved. The unions had issued a string of directives to their members, ordering them not to answer the phone or e-mails and not to communicate with the...

Mepa said today that its services have returned to normal after a dispute with trade unions was resolved.

The unions had issued a string of directives to their members, ordering them not to answer the phone or e-mails and not to communicate with the public, the governemnt or other authorities, amid disagreement on staff deployments related to the Mepa reform.

"Following an agreement between the management of MEPA, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and the two unions representing the Authority's employees, namely the Professional Workers' Union (UPAP) and the Union Haddiema Maghqudin (UHM), the industrial action at MEPA has been called off," the Authority said.

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