Zimbabwe govt workers reject pay offer, public health strike looms

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Zimbabwe government workers on Friday rejected a below-inflation 100% wage hike offer, demanding payment in United States dollars, as a state healthworker union said it would begin a job boycott on Monday.

The workers are pushing the government for payment in US dollars, saying their current wages have been eroded by inflation, which rose to 131.7% in May. The lowest paid government worker currently earns a basic salary of 18,000 Zimbabwe dollars .

At a meeting with government negotiators on Friday, the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions demanded $840 per month for the lowest paid worker.

 

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Media needs to stop making Zimbabwe's problems ours. Don't really care about this. Our own healthcare crisis is more pressing & immediate, made so by many of their brothers & sisters who are here.

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