Via mediacongo.net: Health unions threaten to go on strike again on May 28. Excerpt from the Google translation and then a comment:
Delegates from different health unions have threatened to go on a dry strike from Monday, May 28, 2018. This decision follows the non-implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed in October 2017 between the government of the Republic and the unions health professionals and administrators, the recall of which was done in April 2018.
These various delegates expressed themselves during a General Assembly held on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Health located on Avenue de la Justice in Gombe, under the aegis of their leaders, including Jacques Kizamba (Secretary General of SYNAPETAS), Tapoy Mutamba (Spokesperson) and Toussaint Iluki (Deputy Secretary of DYSICO).
For Mr. Tapoy Mutamba, the health sector agents who have always been understated and almost ignored have just noticed that they are ignored. This is the reason why they decided to start the strike to push the government of the Republic to respect its commitments made at the signing of the said agreement.
For his part, Jacques Kinzamba indicates that all the arrangements have been made to inform all the agents of the Ministry of Health living in the provinces for the successful completion of this strike. He also said that this malaise exists everywhere in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Filing a Work Stop Letter
Before this strike came, the delegates of these unions announced the filing of the work stoppage for Wednesday. This work stoppage will take place from Monday, May 28, 2018 for an indefinite period throughout the entire Republic, without minimum services.
That's why all agents are expected to stay united to lead this fight together. They also warned agents who, every time the decision is made for such action, lock themselves in offices to work and sometimes nightly.
It's all too typical of governments in poor countries: They neglect their healthcare workers. The consequences are typical as well.
