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The Harare Municipality Workers’ Union has since notified council of the intended strike and the parties are expected to meet for conciliation at the Ministry of Labour and Social Services.
The conciliation comes at a time when some council workers had reportedly stopped working over failure by council to provide them with protective clothing.
HMWU executive chairperson Mr Cosmas Bungu said if the talks failed, the workers would strike.
“If we fail to settle the matter on conciliation, then we are left with no option, but to go on an industrial action,” he said. “As much as we understand the negative impact of the strike to the city, we will just fight for our welfare. There is nothing we can do. We cannot work under degrading conditions.”
The Harare City Council workers are also pressing for the release of a report on ghost workers, as they feel they were far less than the 10 000 being touted.
The workers got an arbitral award for a 16 percent salary increment effective from January this year, but council unilaterally decided to pay each worker a top-up of US$20.
On the other hand, council is arguing that it does not have enough money to effect the salary increment as expected by the workers.
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