By Staff Writer
Teachers’ representatives have announced that they are joining the nurses strike after rejecting “peanuts” salary increment offer by the government.
In a statement, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe, the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe, the Professional Educators Union of Zimbabwe and the Educators Union of Zimbabwe said they were giving the government five days to “take the time to address our grievances with the seriousness they deserve so that the school term can proceed in peace.”
“It is clear from the outcome of the National Joint Negotiating Council held on June 17 that the government is not serious about the welfare of civil servants,” the unions said in a statement distributed by their umbrella body, the Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions.
They added: “We cannot continue to be an embarrassment in our community as a result of the poverty that the government believes should remain as part of our working lives.”
The unions said their members “will not be able to report for work starting June 20 to June 24, 2022.”
