The National Organisation of Trade Union (NOTU), moves to stage an industrial action for failure by government to provide Shs427 billion in the financial 2019/2020 budget to enhance their pay.
On June 22, 2018, government signed a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with all public service unions to enhance salaries of civil servants but to date only medical workers, scientists and universities have benefited.
According to Secretary General of NOTU, Christopher Peter Werikhe, they held meetings with Public Service and they (Public Service) have clearly said there is no enhancement this year which is a breach of the agreement.
“The decision to hold a strike has been reached on after several consultations with workers and decided to strike by lying down their tools by midnight July 31, 2019, for an indefinite period.” He said in the statement.
“Acting on behalf of local government workers union and Uganda National Union of Government and Allied Workers here by issue you a statutory notice with article 40 (3) (C) of the constitution of the Republic of Uganda, section 14 (a) together with section 7 (a) of Public Service Act 2008 to the effect from today, all workers working with local government or ministries guided by their unions shall go on indefinite to advance a labour dispute.” He further said
Adding “Should you consider it prudent to address concerns of workers and their unions before the above date, we shall gladly avail ourselves as has always been the case for only meaningful engagements aimed at reaching amicable settlement.”
NOTU was founded in 1973 to help build a strong, service-oriented self-sustaining labour organization through the management of viable affiliated labour unions and to achieve a dynamic employment environment facilitating the enactment and surveillance of acceptable labour laws/standards and employment policies for sustainable human and trade union rights of all working people in Uganda.
