Environmental
health officers in Swaziland are threatening to strike if they do not get a
salary review and increased overtime payments.
About 20
officers from across Swaziland delivered a petition to the Ministry of Health
demanding a salary review and 25 percent overtime.
Secretary
of the Swaziland Environmental Health Association (SEHA) Milton Lokothwayo
listed the grievances for the workers, which included shortages of staff,
accommodation and transport. The Observer
on Saturday newspaper reported him saying officers often had to do the work
of support staff.
The union
gave the Swazi Government 14 days to address their concerns, failing which they
would withhold their services.
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