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Minister tells striking lecturers to ' Pack your bags and go'
28 Sep 2020 at 01:45hrs | Views
THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Amon Murwira has blatantly told incapacitated state university lecturers to leave the profession if they are unhappy with their current salaries.
According to a communiqué issued by the Zimbabwe Unions Staff Association (ZUSA), the minister snubbed the association's representatives and only hand-picked one member whom he held a meeting with in his office.
"He (the minister) preferred to summon one member to his office and indicated that the government was working on condition of service for university workers. He showed his interest in the issues brought to him," the communique reads.
"He reiterated that state university workers must exercise patience, trust, and collegiality or pack their bags," adds the communiqué signed by representatives of all the country's ten state universities.
During the meeting, Murwira reportedly told the restive government workers to wait for the current government and APEX negotiations.
However, the university lecturers said they were incapacitated to continue reporting for work.
"Regrettably, the minister has abandoned the agreed regional parity position. In light of the above developments, state universities' staff associations representatives as mandated by their members resolved that all state university employees are incapacitated to report for duty with immediate effect."
The university lecturers are demanding minimum monthly salaries of US$1 600.
According to a communiqué issued by the Zimbabwe Unions Staff Association (ZUSA), the minister snubbed the association's representatives and only hand-picked one member whom he held a meeting with in his office.
"He (the minister) preferred to summon one member to his office and indicated that the government was working on condition of service for university workers. He showed his interest in the issues brought to him," the communique reads.
"He reiterated that state university workers must exercise patience, trust, and collegiality or pack their bags," adds the communiqué signed by representatives of all the country's ten state universities.
During the meeting, Murwira reportedly told the restive government workers to wait for the current government and APEX negotiations.
However, the university lecturers said they were incapacitated to continue reporting for work.
"Regrettably, the minister has abandoned the agreed regional parity position. In light of the above developments, state universities' staff associations representatives as mandated by their members resolved that all state university employees are incapacitated to report for duty with immediate effect."
The university lecturers are demanding minimum monthly salaries of US$1 600.
Source - newzimbabwe
