OTM-CS
The OTM-CS ( Organização dos trabalhadores moçambicanos - Central Sindical , German: Organization of the Workers of Mozambique) is the trade union federation of the Southeast African state of Mozambique . There are 17 individual trade unions under its roof. Together, OTM-CS claims to represent 300,000 workers. The workers' membership fees are deducted directly from their wages.
history
In 1983 the organization was founded under the name Organização dos trabalhadores moçambicanos (without the addition Central-Sindical ) as an organ of the Marxist state party FRELIMO . FRELIMO thus combined the Conselhos de produção (production councils ) founded in the late 1970s in one organization. The OTM was more a body for the control of the workers than their advocacy and got into a crisis with the transformation of the country into a multi-party state. The fact that it played no role in the wave of strikes at the beginning of 1990 shows that it has little importance as a lobby group. At its 2nd national conference in November 1990, the OTM therefore announced its separation from the ruling party FRELIMO and added the name Central Sindical (Central Union) to differentiate it from its previous role.
OTM-CS individual trade unions
17 unions are united under the umbrella of OTM-CS:
- Sindicato nacional dos empregados de comércio, seguros e serviçios (SINECOSSE) (National Union of Employees in Commerce, Insurance and Services)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores dos portos e caminhos de ferro (SINPOCAF) (National Union of Port and Railway Workers)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da aviação civil, correios e comunicações (SINTAC) (National Union of Employees in Civil Aviation, Post and Telecommunications)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da indústria agro-pecuária de florestas (SINTAF) (National Union of Workers in Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da indústria téxtil, vestuário, couro e calçado (SINTEVEC) (National Union of Workers in the Textile, Clothing, Leather and Shoe Industry)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da indústria do açucar (SINTIA) (National Workers Union of Workers in the Sugar Industry)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da indústria alimentar e de bebidas (SINTIAB) (National Workers Union of Workers in the Food and Beverage Industry)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da indústria do cajú (SINTIC) (National Workers Union of Workers in the Cashew Industry)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da metalúrgica, metalomêcanica e energia (SINTIME) (National Union of Workers in Metal, Mechanical and Energy Engineering)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da indústria quimica, borracha, papel e grafica (SINTIQUIGRA) (National Union of Workers in the Chemical, Rubber, Paper and Printing Industries)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores da marinha mercante e pescas (SINTMAP) (National Workers' Union of Merchant Navy and Fisheries Workers)
- Sindicato nacional dos trabalhadores dos empregados bancários (SNEB) (National Workers Union of Bank Employees)