By Staff Writer
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) have placed a US$1 000 salary demand before schools re-open for next week.
The ARTUZ demand emanates from frustrations from the Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube’s recently introduced blood sucking tax measures introduced in the budget blueprint.
The teachers group contends that remuneration should be pegged at $1 260 which is the acceptable minimum living wage that can capacitate teachers to go and open schools on the 9th of January 2024.
“Our demand for a salary review is engraved in the national budget for the first quarter of the year 2024 as announced by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube.
“The Minister introduced fresh taxes and hiked the existing taxes and levies which will see the government milking money from our paltry salaries. The cost of living has also shot through the ceiling.
“If the employer is not prepared to pay a living wage, teachers are incapacitated to go and open schools.”
Teachers earn just about US$300 at a time Zimbabwe’s Poverty Datum Line is US$1,000.
ARTUZ said teachers should not attend to any duties until salaries are reviewed.
Teachers have been encouraged to share pictures of the chaotic situation in schools at the day of opening.
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