In a statement, the Ministry of Public Administration, Labor and Social Security (MAPTSS) announced that it will meet on Tuesday, in Luanda, with the trade unions, "to assess the state of play of some demands in the demands list", document submitted to the President, João Lourenço, in September 2023.
"The meeting will serve to conclude the negotiations between the Government and the unions, which have been negotiated since last year", says the note to which Lusa had access.
The government called the trade unions to this meeting after having heard from employers, on the 16th and 23rd of May, about the setting of the national minimum wage.
The third and final phase of the interpolated general strike is scheduled for June 3rd, next Monday, until June 14th.
The increase in the national minimum wage, the adjustment of civil service salaries and the reduction of taxes are among the main demands of the demands.
The interpolated general strike was called by three union centrals, the Central Geral de Sindicatos Independentes e Livres de Angola (CGSILA), União Nacional dos Trabalhadores Angolanos - Confederação Sindical (UNTA-CS) and Força Sindical - Central Sindical (FS-CS).
In the list of demands, the three union centrals demand an increase in the national minimum wage, from the current 32,000 kwanzas, to 245,000 kwanzas, a proposal made flexible, however, to 100,000 kwanzas, a readjustment of public service salaries, in the order of 250 percent, and the 10 percent reduction in Labor Income Tax (IRT).
The executive decided to propose a minimum wage depending on the size of the company, namely 48,000 kwanzas for small companies, 70,000 kwanzas for medium-sized companies and 96,000 kwanzas for large companies, which was rejected by the unions.
