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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Civil servants have threatened to go on strike this week after the government refused to give in to their salary demand of US$840 for the lowest-paid worker.<\/p>\n

They also accuse the government of trying to divide its workers after it emerged that those in the health sector received ZWL$180 000 in July while teachers were expected to get ZWL$50 000.<\/p>\n

A fortnight ago, labour unions gave the government a 14-day notice to withdraw their labour unless their demands for US dollar salaries were met. The notice expires on Thursday this week.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe Congress of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) president Cecilia Alexander said:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s coming as a consequence of the employer\u2019s dialogue platform where they announce their offer before coming to the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC).<\/p>\n

They pay or implement unarmed adjustments to the salaries making the unions and NJNC as a whole irrelevant to the processes and outcomes of the engagement.<\/p>\n

The 100% offer that we have flatly rejected but which the employer is sticking to, will put us in a worse situation than the ZWL offer we were awarded in January in terms of value.<\/p>\n

The $18 000 of January 2022 had more value than the $36 000 of July 2022.<\/p>\n

Who on earth has ever accepted an offer which results in the negative in the name of improved condition of service?<\/p>\n

Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou added:<\/p>\n

If the government does not come up with a US dollar component then we are simply going to declare incapacitation because people do not have the money to go to work.<\/p>\n

There is also information filtering, l don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a divisive effort by the government, showing that there are others who have been paid $180 000 while teachers are earning below $50 000.<\/p>\n

That in itself is an attempt by the government to divide workers but it will not divide workers. Workers will remain united.<\/p>\n

Last week, civil servants announced that they were pulling out of the National Joint Negotiating Council after two years of \u201cfruitless\u201d meetings.<\/p>\n

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