Mozambique | TSU: Doctors firm to carry out the strike as from Monday – Carta

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Mozambique | TSU: Doctors firm to carry out the strike as from Monday – Carta

3:29 CAT | 30 Nov 2022

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: A Verdade]

The Mozambican doctors’ decision to initiate a 21-day national strike on the 5th of December, remains, due to the lack of transparency on the government’s part regarding irregularities in the Single Salary Table (TSU).

The information was shared by the Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) via a note sent to our editorial office, a day after the government assured that payment of salaries for the month of November was already in the final stages.

However, the doctors say that, following various rounds of negotiations with the government, only eight of the 12 points negotiated in an agreement between the parties had been accomplished. On the remaining four, there was no agreement, and further negotiations were needed, given that the government had requested more time to reflect and seek information and solutions from other relevant state institutions.

Of the eight points on which an agreement has been reached, the government has so far partially implemented only three; that is, only 25% of the medical profession’s concerns have been addressed.

“Unfortunately, there has been a setback in relation to two points that were not entirely problematic,” the profession maintains. “The counting of time in the career of specialists has not obeyed the provisions of number 03 of article 06 of Decree 50/2022, which results in a decrease in their time in career and a consequent reduction in salary. Also, the special seniority, which continues to be poorly calculated, was greatly reduced compared to the month of October, as it was paid according to the amount prior to the TSU. Lastly, the constant change of interlocutors on the part of the government does not facilitate the continuity of dialogue and progress in negotiations.”

For these and other reasons, they say, there is no transparency about how doctors’ salaries are being or will be processed. Doctors do not know how much they should earn or how much the state owes them.

“Claiming they are complying with superior orders, local human resources managers do not accept sharing payrolls with their doctors,” they say.

The profession therefore, according to letters already sent to the government, remains firm on the 5th December start date for a national 21-day (extendable) strike.

Source: Carta de Moçambique