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THE 2014 collective bargaining negotiations for workers in the mining industry are yet to be finalised with negotiators expected to meet next week for the second round of the bargaining process this year. The negotiators comprising the Chamber of Mines, National Employment Council for workers in the mining industry and the Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (AMWUZ), met this week and did not finalise the negotiations.
Speaking by telephone from Harare yesterday, AMWUZ president Tinago Ruzive said although the negotiations were not finalised on Wednesday, the discussions “went on very well”.
“Our meeting went on very well, we negotiated. However, I cannot disclose the details because the Chamber of Mines will not be happy for me to negotiate through the Press,” he said, adding that they will be meeting again next week for the second round of the negotiations this year.
The mine workers represented by AMWUZ were demanding a minimum of $573 for the lowest paid up from $227 per month.
The Chamber of Mines has claimed that its members were giving the employees accommodation, electricity, water and medication and if the perks were summed up in monetary value, they add up to $302 per month.
The Chamber of Mines argues that although the workers were proposing $573 for the lowest paid, up from $227, it should also be taken into account the perks employees were receiving.
Workers in the mining sector were demanding their salaries to be linked with the Poverty Datum Line that government and civil servants representatives pegged at $500 during the salary negotiations for public service workers.
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