zimbabwe civil servants strike

“They only speak without taking action. They promised free education, free healthcare, free electricity, but those promises have not been fulfilled. Trade unionists have been criminalised and whenever workers try to demonstrate, they are…
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that Zimbabwe is facing a socio-economic crisis and paid tribute to workers for the 'patience' that they have shown his under-fire administration.
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Civil servants have rejected, as too little, a 50% government increase on their salaries and they vowed to continue with the plan for a mass demonstration set for June 22.
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Zimbabwe’s public sector workers on Friday rejected a government offer to nearly double salaries for the lowest paid employees because it was not enough to cushion them against soaring prices, their union said.
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Zimbabwe police on Wednesday blocked a handful of public sector workers from marching to government offices with a petition demanding better pay, reneging on an earlier pledge to allow the demonstration.
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Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and his Labour ministry counterpart Sekai Nzenza are in a quandary as civil servants yesterday declared a massive demonstration next Wednesday over unfulfilled promises by government.
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Zimbabwe’s public sector workers demanded to be paid U.S. dollar-indexed salaries on Wednesday to cushion them against soaring inflation, and will decide this week whether to strike.
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Zimbabwe’s public workers on Tuesday said they would go on strike if the government failed to increase their wages to at least $475 per month for the lowest paid employee, as resurgent inflation returned.
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Public sector workers in Zimbabwe on Tuesday rejected a government offer of 180 million Zimbabwe dollars ($21 million) in added pay for the July-December period as inadequate in the face of soaring inflation, a union official said.
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Public sector unions yesterday gave Zimbabwe’s government a 48-hour ultimatum to make a new salary offer or face a strike after wage negotiations reached a deadlock, raising the prospect of more unrest following this month’s violent…
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