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Halliburton oil workers on strike in Luanda

More than 500 workers from US oil company Halliburton, a service provider to Angolan companies operating in the country, are on strike "indefinitely" in protest against unpaid wages at the central bank's exchange rate.

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"At the moment there is no negotiation, we have already stopped, we are on strike and in negotiations they [the management] do not want to hear about the exchange rate update," the president of the Angolan Petrochemical and Metallurgical Union (Sipeqma), João Ernesto Pedro, told to Lusa on Friday.

According to the trade unionist, who regrets the stance of the company's management to continue to pay salaries converted from the dollar to the kwanza in the exchange rate of five years ago, the position of the employer translates into a "scandal and a thief."

The Sipeqma leader also questioned the silence of the country's authorities regarding the "constant violations of the law and workers' rights" by the American oil company, saying that operations have been stalled since Monday.

"We only ask for flexibility of the company, because the current salaries are out of line with the current context of the country," said João Ernesto Pedro, ensuring openness to negotiate with the management of the company that specializes in drilling oil wells.

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