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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A massive strike is looming in Zimbabwe\u2019s banking sector after bank workers gave their respective managements a 21-day ultimatum to restore salaries to the pre-2018 scales or face industrial action.<\/p>\n

Tawanda Mutemi, the Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) national president, confirmed the development in an interview with the Grazers News. He said:<\/p>\n

We had an emergency meeting at the Ministry of Labour (on February 3 2022) where we discussed our welfare and working conditions.<\/p>\n

The officials from the ministry were there to broker the talks since we are not civil servants.<\/p>\n

An agreement at the end of the day was then reached to the effect that in the next 21 days, our employers must have addressed our demands.<\/p>\n

In October 2018, the Government reintroduced the Zimbabwean dollar and since then, the new currency has steadily lost value, effectively reducing wages.<\/p>\n

The lowest-paid banking employee is currently getting a gross salary of ZW$26 000, which translates to US$224 on the official market but about US$130 on the parallel market.<\/p>\n

Mutemi revealed that before 2018, the lowest employee in the banking sector earned US$900. He said:<\/p>\n

That is the amount of money we are saying must be paid to the least earner in our sector. We are demanding that we be paid in forex.<\/p>\n

The banks have the capacity to pay such salaries because they used to do so and can still afford to.<\/p>\n

The ZIBAWU president said they gave their employers a grace period to give dialogue a chance but if that fails, they will resort to industrial action.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A massive strike is looming in Zimbabwe\u2019s banking sector after bank workers gave their respective managements a 21-day ultimatum to restore salaries to the pre-2018 scales or face industrial action. Tawanda Mutemi, the Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) national president, confirmed the development in an interview with the Grazers News. 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