JohnApr 30, 2024

#Kenya: #unions to protest in #solidarity with doctors still waiting for implementation of 2017 agreement, government threatening #union leaders

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/kenya/trade-unions-declare-weekly-protests-every-tuesday/ar-AA1nSx7h

#CBA #UKCS #UASU #KUSU #Knut #KUPPET #KMPDU #KUCO #DWU #KNUN #MosesKuria #strike #strikes #exploitation #corruption #ClassWar

MSN

JohnApr 19, 2024

#Kenya: With #IMF pressure, government trying to cut intern-doctor salary to a third, threatens to fire strikers, arrest #union leaders, cut public sector. Health spending 1/3 of #WHO recommendation

https://publicservices.international/resources/news/kenyas-health-unions-continue-strike-as-government-disregards-agreement?id=14958&lang=en

#neoliberalism #austerity #strike #strikes #unions #Abuja #KMPDU #CBA #corruption #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar

Kenya’s Health Unions Continue Strike as Government Disregards Agreement

In 2001 Kenya signed the Abuja declaration, promising to spend 15% the national budget on healthcare. Yet for frontline health workers, Kenya’s health sector remains dangerously underfunded and understaffed.

JohnApr 2, 2024

#Kenya pressured by #unions around the world to investigate near-fatal #teargas canister attack on #union leader

https://publicservices.international/resources/news/pressure-mounts-on-kenyan-govt-as-psi-affiliates-demand-answers-over-violence-against-health-workers?id=14921

#solidarity #KMPDU #DavjiBhimjiAttellah #Nairobi #SEIU #AnthonyBlinken #UNISON #privatisation #neoliberalism #OXFAM #HealthCare #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar #HumanRights

Pressure mounts on Kenyan Govt as PSI Affiliates demand Answers over Violence Against Health Workers

The Kenyan Government is facing pressure from across the world as PSI-affiliated unions stand in solidarity with health workers on strike, calling for an end to violence against union protests and improvements to the healthcare system.

JohnJan 7, 2024

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/health-science/article/2001488462/healthcare-workers-threaten-to-down-tools-over-delayed-salaries

#Kenya: Healthcare workers' pay regularly delayed, give government a week to address issues before #strike

#strike #union #unions #HomaBay #KNUN #KMPDU #KUCO #exploitation #ClassWar

Healthcare workers threaten to down tools over delayed salaries

Healthcare workers in Homa Bay County have threatened to down their tools over delayed payment of their salaries.

The Standard Media Group
General Strike NowDec 3, 2023
Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacist and Dentist Union (KMPDU) has issued doctors' strike notices for six counties. The union Secretary General, ...#healthcare #medics #strikenotice #collectivebargainingagreement #nationalstrike #countygovernments #kmpdu #costofliving #medicalinsurance #socialhealthinsurance #nhif #salaryincrement #negotiations #thestarnewspaper #thestar #thestarkenya #sta #kenya #starnewspaper #kenyanews #radioafrica #news #politics #epaper #magazeti #mgazeticom #starnews #latestnewsinkenya #kenyabreakingnewsnow #kenyatoday
KMPDU issues strike notices in six counties
KMPDU issues strike notices in six counties

KMPDU at the same time demanded a 40 per cent salary increment for its members.

The Star
General Strike NowDec 2, 2023
... strike notice. KMPDU officials led by National Secretary General Davji Atellah during a meeting with Kajiado County medics on December 1, 2023.#CitizenDigital #KMPDU #Kajiado #Doctors #DavjiAtellah
Burnout, unfair transfers, delayed promotions: Kajiado doctors issue 7-day strike notice
General Strike NowDec 19, 2022
Speaking during a press briefing on Monday, KMPDU Secretary General Dr Davji Bhimji Atellah issued a 30-day strike notice over failure by the ...
Doctors strike still on in January, KMPDU says
General Strike NowDec 11, 2022
KMPDU Secretary-General Dr Davji Bhimji Atellah says the intent of notice expires on December 28, 2022, after which a strike notice will be issued ...
Kenyan doctors to go on strike in January 2023