Teachers' Union Vows Full Blown Strike, Dismisses $25 Pay Hike As Insult NewZimbabweCom: Zimbabwe
TEACHERS are pressing ahead with industrial action slated for Monday, despite receiving a cost of living adjustment increment by government.
However some civil servants unions have scoffed at the Government's offer calling for their salaries to be paid in foreign currency. "The workers have power to collectively withdraw their labour on 26 September without much encouragement from the leaders. Our stomachs should encourage us to stay at home.
The $25 salary increase has been dismissed as an "unacceptable and an insult to the hardworking teachers" with unions also lamenting the fact that it was not a product of "collective bargaining".
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