Allied Health Workers Vow To Maintain Strike Until Government Stops Threatening Them And Pay Their Money

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Uganda news May 30, 2022

The Allied Health Workers under their Umbrella body, Allied Health Professionals Alliance have vowed to withdraw emergency services if government fails to address their demands as soon as possible.

They also said that “government intimidation” will not scare them one bit.

A week has passed since the workers under their umbrella body, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) communicated industrial action and laid down tools.

They accused the government of failing to implement the collective bargaining agreement made in 2017 to increase their pay. This strike has left many patients in government hospitals stranded.

The government gave the striking nurses an ultimatum of three days to return to work. Failure to do s, they’d risk losing their jobs over absconding from duty.

Over the weekend, a statement from Allied Health Professionals Alliance said the health workers will not return to work. It said this will continue until the government meets their demands.

“We were shocked that even after writing a number of letters to the government leaders. We only came to see intimidation from the Prime Minister. Intimidating us to be fired from work. We were also shocked to see the minister of Public Services asking health workers to report back to work within three days. This is without the formal engagement of the leadership of the Alliance,” Denis Alibu Patrick, the chairperson of Allied Health Professionals Alliance said.

He said that they cannot object to the discussion or positions of the government if they engage them to come to an agreement or common position on the issues regarding the straining nurses.

They even threatened to withdraw emergency services and committed not to giving in to government intimidation of sacking them.

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