Maputo, 5 Dec (AIM) – A group of workers from the Nampula Municipal Council, in northern Mozambique, are demanding better working conditions and threaten to go on strike as of Wednesday if the municipal management does not meet their concerns.
The group has notified the police of their intentions They sent a letter to the Nampula Provincial police commander, asking for protection for the strikers.
Cited in Tuesday’s issue of the independent newssheet “Carta de Moçambique”, the workers claimed to be deeply upset and accused the mayor of Nampula, Paulo Vahanle, of a lack of consideration and willingness to resolve their concerns.
The workers point to unpaid wages, and poor working conditions as the main problems that they face.
These issues, the workers claim, are known to Vahanle, but he is unwilling to take measures to solve them.
For the workers, the justification that the municipality is not receiving the Municipal Compensation Fund (FCA) from the central government to pay for the various expenditures is not convincing “because there is money coming from local tax revenues. In fact, Paulo Vahanle and other members of his circle of friends allegedly receive wages and allowances.”
According to the letter that the workers sent to the police, “all state officials and agents working in the Nampula Municipal Council will observe a strike as of December 6, 2023. It will respect the provisions of the law and does not have any end date.”
(AIM)
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