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Teachers Union backtracks on industrial action
04 Feb 2014 at 11:38hrs | Views
The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), which was reportedly mobilising its members to go on an industrial action over salary increment, has said the strike will now take place during the course of the second term.
PTUZ was advocating for an immediate industrial action following the failure by government to award them salaries in line with the Poverty Datum Line (PDL).
Labour unions representing civil servants wanted the lowest paid civil servant to be paid $540, while the government offered $375.
The new salary structure would be effected end of this month and backdated to January.
In an interview yesterday, PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said after consultations with membership throughout the country, the labour body had now set the industrial action for the second term.
"There is confusion among membership over the new salary structure, so we agreed during our consultation with PTUZ members to shelve the industrial action plan until they see for themselves the real salary increment.
"We resolved that teachers would be able to see that the $54 awarded to those in higher grades was too little and not enough to cater for their daily needs. Once reality that the increment was minimal has sunk in their minds we will then mobilise them (teachers) to go for a strike to press for more," said Zhou.
PTUZ was advocating for an immediate industrial action following the failure by government to award them salaries in line with the Poverty Datum Line (PDL).
Labour unions representing civil servants wanted the lowest paid civil servant to be paid $540, while the government offered $375.
The new salary structure would be effected end of this month and backdated to January.
In an interview yesterday, PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said after consultations with membership throughout the country, the labour body had now set the industrial action for the second term.
"There is confusion among membership over the new salary structure, so we agreed during our consultation with PTUZ members to shelve the industrial action plan until they see for themselves the real salary increment.
"We resolved that teachers would be able to see that the $54 awarded to those in higher grades was too little and not enough to cater for their daily needs. Once reality that the increment was minimal has sunk in their minds we will then mobilise them (teachers) to go for a strike to press for more," said Zhou.
Source - zimmail
