Zimbabwe’s health workers have criticised the government for passing contested legislation that outlaws any industrial action, saying it will worsen the sector’s already damaging brain drain., forbids health workers who are classified as an “essential” service from striking for more than three days. Those who do not comply face a fine or imprisonment of up to six months.
“After the rejection of the bill by various stakeholders, they still went ahead to pass it. It is very unfortunate. The right to protest has been taken away,” said Enock Dongo, president of the Zimbabwe Nurses Association . In June last year, health workers staged a week-long strike over poor pay and deteriorating working conditions, a move that brought theSince then, the bill to stop any industrial action has been fast-tracked in parliament.
“They tried to be clever, saying we are allowed to strike for three days, but we all know that even when we down tools for more days they do not want to negotiate,” said Dongo, adding that the new law will lead to more people leaving the country to seek work abroad.to the UK and other countries since 2021, according to the Health Services Board, amid poor pay and worsening economic conditions.
“When you threaten health workers with jail, how do you expect them to discharge their duties? This will affect every citizen, nurses will just adopt a ‘go-slow’ [approach to work],” he said.
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