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GMB fails to pay workers for half a year
18 Feb 2015 at 19:52hrs | Views
Employees at the embattled Grain Marketing Board (GMB) on Wednesday blocked the company's head demanding their outstanding six months salaries.
"We are not striking but simply demanding what we are owed, we worked for it and we deserve to get our money. We are making huge sales but always told that the company is waiting for treasury. Are we not supposed to generate our own salaries through sales?" President of GMB Workers Union Steven Machaya told ZBC News.
Mrs Sibongile Muchirahondo, the GMB Deputy General Manager - Human Resources said while addressing angry workers: "we are working towards getting your salaries and plead with you to go back to your work stations. We will pay you by the 20th. We are struggling but we are also doing something about your plight."
The GMB is mired in serious financial problems which have resulted in delays in purchasing maize from farmers and the failure to pay US$52,4 million for the 255 519 tonnes of grain delivered last season.
"We are not striking but simply demanding what we are owed, we worked for it and we deserve to get our money. We are making huge sales but always told that the company is waiting for treasury. Are we not supposed to generate our own salaries through sales?" President of GMB Workers Union Steven Machaya told ZBC News.
The GMB is mired in serious financial problems which have resulted in delays in purchasing maize from farmers and the failure to pay US$52,4 million for the 255 519 tonnes of grain delivered last season.
Source - zbc
