Port Vila Market vendors on strike

Vendors at Port Vila Central Market have been on strike, protesting the introduction of scales at the market.

The secretary the Association of Vendors, Jacqueline Tassong, said the government's price control unit hadn't consulted them before the introduction of scales last Friday.

Tassong said the vendors, most of whom are women, had found that with the scales they get less money compared with what they got before.

She said the vendors, who are also farmers, are struggling because of the pandemic and the recent cyclones.