Dozens of banks’ employees in Aden declare general strike

ADEN, Feb. 07 (YPA) – Dozens of employees of the state-based largest banks in Aden city, south of Yemen, announced an hour-long strike to protest the deterioration of local currency prices.

Sources familiar with the matter said that the employees of the Aden-based Central Bank of Yemen, the Construction and Development Bank, and the Agricultural Credit Bank, confirmed that their strike came due to the collapse that the currency is suffering from is occurring for artificial reasons that can be addressed.

The sources stated that the strike came also in response to the call of the “Southern Workers Union” last week, which demanded that the coalition-backed Aden government” should improve the level of wages, in proportion to the collapse of the currency, in addition to demanding regular payment of employee salaries, and improving the economic situation in the country.

On Monday, some sources in Aden revealed that the office of the former Prime Minister in the pro-coalition government, Maeen Abdul Malik, ignored the threats of the “Southern Workers Union” and that the employees of his Office dealt with the “Union” as an unrecognized entity.

The Yemeni riyal plunged to a new record low, breaking 1,609 against one U.S. dollar, in the city of Aden, amid expectations that the local currency will continue to collapse in the areas of southern and eastern Yemen.

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