Lomé port workers to strike for three days in june 2026

The trade union representing workers at the Port autonome de Lomé has filed a strike notice for three days, from 25 to 27 June 2026, to protest the lack of progress on several social and professional demands. This action follows a series of general assemblies held since October 2025, which the workers consider insufficient to address their concerns.

Renewed labour tensions

Tensions remain high at the Port autonome de Lomé. For months, employees have complained about difficult working conditions, inadequate salaries, limited accident compensation, and a shortage of safety equipment on certain sites. Despite repeated warnings, the union believes that talks with management have failed to produce concrete results.

This situation affects a strategically vital sector. The port employs more than 3,000 dockworkers and other staff, whose role is central to Togo’s economic activity. For the strikers, the issue goes beyond internal grievances: it is also about safeguarding a key economic asset.

Demands on the table

In its statement, the union specifically calls for a unified status for all personnel, respect for daily breaks and weekly rest, and the granting of annual leave and its associated bonus. It also demands the application of the establishment’s collective agreement to tally clerks considered equivalent to dockworkers.

The workers further insist on payment of overtime in line with regulations, registration of all casual dockworkers with the National Social Security Fund, and the introduction of a dirtiness allowance and a handling premium. The union also wants the recruitment date to be considered throughout professional careers at the port, and for classifications and corresponding benefits to be clearly indicated on pay slips.

Call to action

The union is urging all Port autonome de Lomé employees to stop work during the three announced days and not to report to their duty stations. It stresses, however, that the right to strike remains individual, and each worker is free to participate or not.

This planned strike once again places the port’s management face to face with its responsibilities. Within a strategic company already burdened by significant debt, resolving this social conflict now appears to be a matter of stability as well as governance.