The Movement with Integrity for National Development (MIND) says it welcomes the reforms undertaken by Minister Cooper Kruah at the Ministry of Labor.
The group in a release dated Tuesday, April 16, 2024, thanked President Joseph Nyuma Boakai for appointing Minister Kruah to steer the affairs of the country’s labor sector, saying there could not have been an better pick.
The group said Minister Kruah is implementing several new measures to improve the labor sector and bring rapid development to the lives of ordinary Liberians through employment opportunities.
MIND lauded several initiatives by the minister to improve the Ministry and the labor sector as a whole including the training of regional Labor officers to work on labor standards issues within the various counties. Commissioners and hearing officers are also included as key beneficiaries of these trainings, uniform labor inspectors to be identify in discharge of their duty.
According to the group, the minister is implementing new mechanisms aimed at ensuring the registration of aliens, something they believe will be a good revenue source for the Government of Liberia.
MIND has also hailed the minister over plans to ensure that foreigners don’t not take hold of jobs or positions dedicated to Liberians through the full enforcement of the Decent Work Act.
The group furthered thanked Minister Kruah for intervening in recent labor disputes between some companies and Liberia citizens in their employ.
Meanwhile, MIND has called on the minister to remain steadfast in transforming the labor sector of the country and not be distracted by those who would attempt to bring his administration to public ridicule.