Zimbabwe still striking
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TABJ – Jan 26 - Public service workers in Zimbabwe resumed their strike today after unions rejected a $240 million blanket offer from government.
The government offer would have meant that employees received $87 a month, rather than the $538 a month they are presently demanding.
Largely affecting public schools, the five-day strike began on Monday but it was suspended on Wednesday to allow talk to proceed, but failed negotiations have resulted in continued action from the strikers.
“Those who are not on strike are vehicles of corruption,” said Raymond Majongwe—leader of the Progressive Teachers’ Union.
“They are there to make an extra dollar by stealing from people who are made to pay extra for services.”
Doctors, nurses, teachers and other civil servants have been striking on and off since 2007, but it reached its peak in 2008 when staff shortages resulted in hospitals being forced to close some units and classrooms shut down for weeks.
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