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Saint-Denis, Reunion (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Aneerod Jugnauth paid tribute to the country's workers and trade unions in a message to mark Labour Day, Wednesday.

"We are celebrating the workers' inalienable rights. The struggle has been fierce and even tragic at a certain point of our history," Jugnauth said in his message.

He said: "Mauritian workers confronted employers, the colonial power, but also the repressive post-independence government. Trade unions were illegal in Mauritius some three decades ago," he added.

Jugnauth also commended Finance Minister Paul Beranger, who founded the first workman's union on the island and was jailed in the 70s for ...

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