Zimbabwe public workers reject government's $21 million pay rise - union official

Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday offered its workers 180 million Zimbabwe dollars ($21 million) additional pay for the July to December period, which unions rejected as inadequate in the face of soaring inflation, a public sector union official said.

July 09, 2019 at 06:25 pm

The union represents 40% of diamond workers under the state-owned entity Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company, established in 2016. (Natanael Alfredo Nemanita Ginting)

Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday offered its workers 180 million Zimbabwe dollars ($21 million) additional pay for the July to December period, which unions rejected as inadequate in the face of soaring inflation, a public sector union official said.

The amount, to be shared by 309,000 civil servants, would see each worker receiving only an additional $11.28 a month, Thomas Muzondo, the deputy chairman of public sector union Apex Council told Reuters after a meeting with government negotiators.