Civil servants spurn govt salary offer

Zim Now Writer

The National Joint Negotiation Council meeting held in Harare yesterday did not produce favourable results as civil servants rejected their employer’s offer.

Zimbabwe Congress of Public Sector Trade Unions chairperson Cecilia Alexander said government’s offer was too little and embarrassing.

She said the parties to the meeting agreed not to publicise the offer until an agreement has been reached.

“We agreed with the government not to publicise the offer in order for negotiations to proceed in good faith. We outrightly rejected the offer from the government.

“What government offered as increments were too little from what we are asking. However, we agreed on further engagements,” said Alexander.

She said they allowed government to make further consultations to enable it to come up with meaningful proposals, adding:

“In other issues, we deliberated on the issue of school fees payment for teachers’ children, to which we agreed that both parties (government and ZCPSTU) should follow up on the matter to ensure that every eligible teacher benefits from the incentive.”

The NJNC will meet again for further deliberations next Thursday.

Civil servants are demanding a salary increment that will see the least-paid worker earning US$840.