Local Government Workers Resume Strike Days After Talks With Govt Over Salary Increment nilepostnews: Uganda
They accuse government of failure to enhance their salaries as agreed in the July 6 meeting of National Executive Board.Initially, the workers had scheduled to start their strike on July 7, 2022, following the expiry of the ninety days ultimatum which they had given government to address their salary grievances.
In a letter dated July 13, by ULGWU's general secretary, Hassan Lwabayi Mudiba, the union says that after the meeting, it received a letter from the Ministry of Public Service, signed by the secretary general, Wilson Muruli Mukasa, requesting the workers to officially call off the strike.
However, the union has rejected Muruli's letter on account that it misrepresented the salary pay plan agreed in the meeting. Mudiba says that this misrepresentation has led the union's executive board into a decision to commence the strike as initially planned, with effect from midnight Wednesday July 13, 2022.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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