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Massive teachers' demo over salary and bonus cuts
29 Nov 2018 at 10:03hrs | Views
Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has announced that it is engaging in a series of industrial targeted at the minister of Finance to force them to respond to teachers' concerns.
In a statement released on Thursday ARTUZ said, "Today 100 % of the membership of Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ and thousands of teachers from other Unions took heed of ARTUZ's call to stay away from work.
"Next is salary Caravan. The stay away is in protest against the unilateral slashing of our bonus and the theft of our salaries. Teachers are demanding salaries in United States Dollars in line with the agreement reached between government and civil servants in 2012. The educators are also demanding the traditional bonus based on gross income which was slashed by Professor Mthuli Ncube in his atrocious 2019 budget."
The organisation announced that the next phase will be a salary caravan that will leave from Mutare to Harare and the teachers will then camp at the Ministry of Finance offices until their grievances are addressed.
"The big question coming from our members and other Civil servants is what's next if our call is not heard. The fourth phase is a Salary Caravan from Mutare to Harare. The caravan will leave Mutare heading to Harare mobilizing other members of the working class to join. The Caravan will camp at Finance Ministry until our grievances are addressed.
"ARTUZ is inviting members of the working class to join the Salary Caravan so that we can collectively register our discontent with the government and other employers. Don't miss the caravan."
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube in his budget presentation last week said this year's bonus will be calculated basing on basic salaries only, unlike in the past where allowances were included.
"Traditionally, payment of the 13th cheque is computed based on basic salary, housing and transport allowances. For 2017, the budget incurred expenditure of US$174,6 million. However, as we embark on austerity measures focusing on enhancing the health of our public finances, the budget proposes a 13th cheque that is computed based on basic salary only (excluding housing and transport allowances). This proposal will yield financial savings of around US$75 million per annum,"said Prof Ncube.
In a statement released on Thursday ARTUZ said, "Today 100 % of the membership of Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ and thousands of teachers from other Unions took heed of ARTUZ's call to stay away from work.
"Next is salary Caravan. The stay away is in protest against the unilateral slashing of our bonus and the theft of our salaries. Teachers are demanding salaries in United States Dollars in line with the agreement reached between government and civil servants in 2012. The educators are also demanding the traditional bonus based on gross income which was slashed by Professor Mthuli Ncube in his atrocious 2019 budget."
The organisation announced that the next phase will be a salary caravan that will leave from Mutare to Harare and the teachers will then camp at the Ministry of Finance offices until their grievances are addressed.
"The big question coming from our members and other Civil servants is what's next if our call is not heard. The fourth phase is a Salary Caravan from Mutare to Harare. The caravan will leave Mutare heading to Harare mobilizing other members of the working class to join. The Caravan will camp at Finance Ministry until our grievances are addressed.
"ARTUZ is inviting members of the working class to join the Salary Caravan so that we can collectively register our discontent with the government and other employers. Don't miss the caravan."
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube in his budget presentation last week said this year's bonus will be calculated basing on basic salaries only, unlike in the past where allowances were included.
"Traditionally, payment of the 13th cheque is computed based on basic salary, housing and transport allowances. For 2017, the budget incurred expenditure of US$174,6 million. However, as we embark on austerity measures focusing on enhancing the health of our public finances, the budget proposes a 13th cheque that is computed based on basic salary only (excluding housing and transport allowances). This proposal will yield financial savings of around US$75 million per annum,"said Prof Ncube.
Source - Byo24News
