Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Teachers and health workers have given the government notice that they protest for a cost of living adjustment from Monday, July 18. In a letter seen by Pindula News, the workers said the food basket was now beyond the reach of many workers. Workers want United States dollar-denominated salaries as was the case prior to October 2018. Reads the notice:
The Public Service Association (PSA), the Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions (FOZEU), the Federation of Educators Unions of Zimbabwe (FEUZ) and Nurses Federation of Zimbabwe (NFoZ) hereby give notice of a services-wide industrial action within 14 days of the date of this notice.
Be advised that the industrial action hereby notified is in respect of a long-overdue cost of living adjustment that speak to the food basket that now stands at ZWL114 000 against the latest adjustment to ZWL 36 000 for the lowest-paid worker.
We, the undersigned federations hereby advise accordingly.
Presidents
FEUZ
FOZEU
PSA
NOFZ
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