The Uganda National Teachers Union-UNATU has started consulting members and other stakeholders in light of a fresh deal tabled by the government intended to end the ongoing teacher’s strike.
For two weeks, teachers refused to go back to classrooms in favor of raising their pay and achieving overall fairness and harmonization of the salary structures.
As a result of the strike, learning has slowed across the country, and many students have stopped attending school completely.
The government declared the strike to be unlawful during the first week and threatened to remove teachers from the civil service payroll. Teachers persisted, though, and the government quickly invited them back to the negotiating table.
In the first letter dated June 30 addressed to the Secretary-General of UNATU, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Public Service, Catherine Bitarakwate Musingwiire, noted that the government has taken serious consideration of the concerns presented and thus coming up with a solution.
Zadock Tuhimbisibwe, the UNATU national chairperson, says that the submissions from the ministry of public service needed to be studied before a final decision or response is made.Mr. Zadock on UNATU 1…..
The union is also conducting stakeholder engagements in Kampala, but insists for a supplementary Budget. For instance, today, the national chairperson and two workers’ MPs discussed the same issue in a closed-door meeting. END.