Civil servants have refused to government’s 100% salary increment offer citing several reasons.
The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) president CecIlia Alexander on Friday said the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting failed as the unions did not sign any agreement.
Alexander accused the Public Service Commission (PSC) of pre-emptying information that was not yet agreed upon between the government and workers.
“ZCPSTU refused to sign the NJNC agreement because the PSC pre-empted through a circular written by the secretary who ordinarily should not have according to Statutory Instruments (SI) 141 of 1997,” Alexander said.
She alleged that some government sectors got their increment in February (Defence and Home Affairs) while some are now getting theirs in April.
“The effective date where other sectors got a salary increase two months earlier and other civil servants have no inflation-adjusted salary components,” added Alexander.
She also mentioned that…
