respect of 7% salary increase for thirty-two (32) months; 2. LTA-Mali S.A. was to pay the workers a performance bonus for 2011, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Geological and Aquatic Institutions Collective Agreement. 10. The Arbitration Council ordered the suspension of the arrest warrant issued by the Malian judiciary in respect of the fourteen (14) trade union leaders. 11. By a letter received at the secretariat of the Arbitration Council on 1 February 2013, LTA-Mali S.A. objected to the implementation of the Arbitration Council’s Decision No. 001/C.A of 7 January 2013. 12. Subsequently, a group of workers comprising Ismaila TRAORÉ and twelve (12) other workers, filed a lawsuit against LTA-Mali S.A. before the Kayes Labour Court seeking an enforcement order in respect of the Arbitration Council’s decision. The said court in its Ruling No. 015 of 24 June 2013 dismissed their request for entitlements and damages for lack of jurisdiction. 13. By letter No. 0039/MTASH/CAB dated 28 January 2014, the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs and Humanitarian Affairs of the Respondent State directed LTA-Mali SA to duly enforce Decision No. 001 of the Arbitration Council, but to no avail. 14. On 25 March 2014, FENAME filed a lawsuit against LTA-Mali S.A. seeking the enforcement of the Arbitration Council’s award decision and on 2 June 2014 the Court rendered a ruling declining jurisdiction due to the collective nature of the dispute, on the one hand, and due to the fact that the objection to implementation filed on 1 February 2013 by LTA-Mali S.A. rendered the award null and void, on the other hand. 15. On 30 June 2014, the beneficiary workers of the arbitration award, through their trade union, the CSTM, by letter No. 14/00108 / CEN-CSTM, requested the Minister of Labour, Public Employment and Institutional 4