Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Medical Association of Mozambique has postponed the national strike scheduled for this Monday to December 5, the organization announced in a statement on Sunday.
The decision was taken after a national meeting of the association, considering that “the Government started to adopt a posture of greater openness to dialogue” to resolve claims related to the new Single Salary Table (TSU) of the civil service.
The association opted for “rescheduling the start date of the 3rd national strike to December 5, 2022, if the Government does not resolve the issues raised in the medical profession’s claim book”, reads yesterday’s statement.
Negotiations will continue, the statement added.
Under the threat of a strike, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela, joined the Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, on Friday and Saturday in negotiations with the doctors.
On Saturday, Tonela’s office released a draft on the negotiations, in which of the 14 points under discussion, four remained without agreement on the maintenance of subsidies (among them the 40% exclusivity subsidy) and the calculating of overtime and seniority.
On another point, the Government acknowledged that in October there were cases of salary reductions with the entry into force of the TSU, but guaranteed “the necessary corrections” during November, so that “no employee or agent of the State” has “their salary reduced”. because of the new table.
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