{"id":32012,"date":"2023-01-08T11:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/nacala-municipal-workers-on-strike-over-salary-arrears"},"modified":"2023-01-08T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:51:54","slug":"nacala-municipal-workers-on-strike-over-salary-arrears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/nacala-municipal-workers-on-strike-over-salary-arrears","title":{"rendered":"Nacala municipal workers on strike over salary arrears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>State employees and agents in the Municipal Council of Nacala went on indefinite strike this Wednesday (04-01) demanding the payment of two months of salary (November and December) in arrears, as well as the \u201913th salary\u2019 of 2022, which the Mozambican government had already announced would not be paid.<\/p>\n

In all, 613 employees have not been paid, about 100 of whom are now on strike.<\/p>\n

Rafique Sai\u0301de, a municipality employee for 12 years, is one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are without salaries and there is no information [from the city hall]. We know that salary is a sacred matter,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe spent the Day of the Family [December 25) with nothing. We have children desperate [to know] whether or not they are going to go to school this month. We are hearing rumours that payments will only be made in February.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Sai\u0301de, the purpose of the strike is to pressurise Mayor Raul Novinte and his municipal government into resolving the problem urgently. Until that happens, the doors of some departments are closed, and the strikers promise to keep them that way until their demands are satisfied.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the president [of Nacala council] does not show his face or give us an explanation, or even address what is happening, we thought it convenient to close the institution. We demand that he pay us the salaries and the \u201913th month\u2019. Without it, we will not reopen. The president never met us, even to come and wish us happy holidays,\u201d the striking worker says, visibly angry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want our money\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Mayassa Jamal, a seasonal street sweeper, is also on strike. Unlike other municipal employees, the city council owes her six months\u2019 salary. She tells DW that she experienced her worst financial crisis ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a street sweeper, and my job is to clean the city. I earn 2,500 meticais a month [\u20ac37.00]. We want him [the mayor] to pay us our salaries. And he, instead of talking, insults us. We want our money,\u201d Mayassa says.<\/p>\n

The council claims to have already responded. Arlindo Chissale, Director of Communication and Image at the municipality, says the strike is illegal, although he acknowledges the workers\u2019 grievances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize the pain of the approximately 600 Nacala municipality employees, and it [their complaint] is justified,\u201d he maintains. \u201cBut we are facing many problems here, including the illegality of the strike. Illegal, because a strike request letter was prepared and left at the secretariat yesterday, but it had not even arrived at the president\u2019s [mayor\u2019s] office by three o\u2019clock today, when the strike started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Budget burden and delays<\/b><\/p>\n

Chissale guarantees that the city council will make the payments later this month, but this is not the first time that employees have protested against the municipality over delays in paying wages.<\/p>\n

Chissale says that budget burdens and delays in the disbursement of funds at central level are at the root of the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started this mandate, salaries alone were 8.5 million meticais. Now, they have risen to 13.3 million meticais. This increase is due to several factors, from employee promotions to the enrolment of more than 100 City Police agents, at the request of the city\u2019s business sector,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Nacala is one of the five municipalities managed by the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) in Nampula province, and is considered the economic hub of the province.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. State employees and agents in the Municipal Council of Nacala went on indefinite strike this Wednesday (04-01) demanding the payment of two months of salary (November and December) in arrears, as well as the \u201913th salary\u2019 of 2022, which the Mozambican government had already announced would not be paid. 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