More than 200 paramedics and other emergency medical services staff in the Amathole District as well as the Raymond Mhlaba Local and Buffalo City municipalities have refused to work for two months. | GroundUp_News
More than 200 paramedics and other emergency medical staff, who are meant to serve the Amathole District as well as the Raymond Mhlaba Local and Buffalo City municipalities, have been reporting for duty but have not worked for two months.In May, the health department obtained a court order to end the unprotected strike but most workers still refused to work.The department then took the National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union to the Labour Court in Gqeberha last Friday.
Workers also accused the department of installing equipment in ambulances to get operating licences and then removing it soon after approval is given. "The department then approached the Labour Court and was granted an interim interdict. However, the striking workers have disregarded the interdict. They go to work but are not responding to calls which puts people’s lives in danger.""The poor rely on us for their health needs. We condemn the ongoing unprotected strike in the strongest words possible.
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