CETU Complains of Unresponsiveness from Government Agencies

The Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU) announced that it is consistently failing to receive responses from several government institutions regarding employer and worker affairs. According to CETU President Kassahun Follo, official letters remain unanswered, phone calls are ignored, and messages sent to government leaders are disregarded. He raised concerns over whether every labor dispute needs to be taken directly to the Prime Minister when local ministry officials refuse to engage in dialogue. CETU emphasized that unlike many public institutions, private entities are generally responsive to union inquiries. The confederation did acknowledge a few cooperative public offices, including the Prime Minister's Office, the Mayor's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Women and Social Affairs. CETU warned that government unresponsiveness could undermine industrial peace and healthy labor relations across the country.