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Original Post Date: 2004-05-13 Time: 13:38:38 Posted By: Jan
Harare – Zimbabwe’s government has increased the salaries of its 140 000 workers by 300 percent, half of the workers’ original demands, a cabinet minister and union officials announced on Wednesday.
“We had wanted 600 percent, but we got 300 percent which is obviously an achievement in a negotiation process,” the secretary general of the Public Services Association (PSA) Emmanuel Chiviru said.
“We have accepted it but we will soon engage government because the prices of commodities have recently started going up,” he said.
Government workers had in January asked for a 600 percent pay hike to match inflation levels, but the government rejected the demand.
The workers were in January offered a 250 percent pay increase, but they turned it down, insisting on 600 percent.
An arbitrator engaged to help resolve the dispute settled for a 300 percent rise.
“Government has agreed with the arbitrator’s decision that a 50 percent wage increase be granted to the civil servants as a top-up of the 250 percent which was granted in January to bring it up to 300 percent,” said Labour Minister Paul Mangwana.
In addition to the pay hikes, government increased transport allowances, while housing allowances have been raised 100 percent.
In March, the government granted President Robert Mugabe a 350 percent pay hike.
Source: Independent Online (IOL)
URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&ar…/p>