Several thousand households have been deprived of drinking water in Guadeloupe since the start of the week. At issue: a trade union movement.
The situation is judged ” unacceptable “. Since the start of the week, employees of the Siaeag company, a water supply and sanitation union in Guadeloupe, have gone on strike. A renewable mobilization. As a result, thousands of Guadeloupe households found themselves deprived of water. In all, six towns served by the company are affected (south of Grande-Terre and east of Basse-Terre), ie 30 to 40% of subscribers and beneficiaries of drinking water.
Protected hospitals
A circumstance denounced by the prefecture, considering the situation “unacceptable”. The striking employees denounce them, in particular, the disrespect of an agreement signed recently, the payment of vacation bonus etc …
For the prefecture, nothing justifies the deprivation of drinking water, which affects thousands of homes. “Families, businesses, sensitive public establishments no longer have normal access to an absolutely fundamental public service: this is not acceptable,” the Prefecture said in a press release on Wednesday. The authorities were keen to guarantee the supply of drinking water to hospitals, clinics and retirement homes. “They will be protected,” they assures, setting up a crisis unit.
The Intercommunal Water Supply Union is keen to ease tensions, assuring this Thursday morning that the return of water should be done “very quickly during the day for areas subject to this shortage for 72 hours”, according to Laurent Bernier, president of the union.
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