Zimbabwe civil servants still earning US$296 per month against $600 poverty datum line
Published: 2013 February 17 20:46:20 (4209 Views)
Zimbabwe civil servants are unhappy about a 5.3% pay rise and argue it is not enough.
A majority of civil servants are getting between $250 and $290 excluding allowances and the salary increment means that the workers will be getting between $10 and $18 more.
"The civil servants did not get a salary increment the whole of last year and now they only get 5,3 percent, which is far below what we expected. I believe the Government is taking advantage of the divisions among the civil servants' unions, which is not fair," said Mr Dzatsunga, Apex Council president.
The Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) secretary-general, Mr Raymond Majongwe, said the paltry salary increase was a sign of "institutional craziness".
“What the Government has done is unforgivable. How can they agree that they are going to give their workers a salary increment of $18, which is not enough to buy two dozens of bread?
“This will spoil industrial relations in the country because our Government Ministers are the ones who own most industries out of the Government realm and they will treat their workers in the same way. This is simply an insult and a joke,” said Mr Majongwe.
He said it was not fair for the Government to expect workers to perform their duties well when it was not making an effort to improve their salaries.
“How can the Government expect us to work hard when they are insulting us like this? This clearly shows that they do not care about the welfare of the workers.
“We are now contemplating mobilising workers for a strike because the Government is not serious when it comes to improving workers’ salaries,” said Mr Majongwe.
The lowest paid Government worker is getting $296 per month against a Poverty Datum Line of $600.
In January last year, civil servants went on a five-day strike that resulted in disruption of work in the public service.
The strike was called off after Government announced that it had reviewed civil servants’ housing and transport allowances while the basic salary remained unchanged.
- Chronicle
A majority of civil servants are getting between $250 and $290 excluding allowances and the salary increment means that the workers will be getting between $10 and $18 more.
"The civil servants did not get a salary increment the whole of last year and now they only get 5,3 percent, which is far below what we expected. I believe the Government is taking advantage of the divisions among the civil servants' unions, which is not fair," said Mr Dzatsunga, Apex Council president.
The Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) secretary-general, Mr Raymond Majongwe, said the paltry salary increase was a sign of "institutional craziness".
“What the Government has done is unforgivable. How can they agree that they are going to give their workers a salary increment of $18, which is not enough to buy two dozens of bread?
“This will spoil industrial relations in the country because our Government Ministers are the ones who own most industries out of the Government realm and they will treat their workers in the same way. This is simply an insult and a joke,” said Mr Majongwe.
He said it was not fair for the Government to expect workers to perform their duties well when it was not making an effort to improve their salaries.
“How can the Government expect us to work hard when they are insulting us like this? This clearly shows that they do not care about the welfare of the workers.
“We are now contemplating mobilising workers for a strike because the Government is not serious when it comes to improving workers’ salaries,” said Mr Majongwe.
The lowest paid Government worker is getting $296 per month against a Poverty Datum Line of $600.
In January last year, civil servants went on a five-day strike that resulted in disruption of work in the public service.
The strike was called off after Government announced that it had reviewed civil servants’ housing and transport allowances while the basic salary remained unchanged.
- Chronicle
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