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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Staff Reporter<\/b> – MINE workers have rejected a 22% wage hike awarded to them by employers arguing this was a pittance considering the country\u2019s poverty datum line now averaging $40 000.<\/p>\n

In an interview, Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) general secretary Justice Chinhema said workers were rejecting the NEC outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are once again dismayed with the outcome of the National Employment Council (NEC) wage negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 22,2% translating to RTGS$22 000 minimum wage agreed by the NEC is nothing short of an insult to the suffering mine workers,\u201d Chinhema said.<\/p>\n

He said the Chamber of Mines and Associated Mine Workers Union, which is part of NEC, had not reached any wage agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing pressure from mine workers through ZDAMWU, we saw an about turn on the issue. Instead of doing things the right way, we get this insult, a slap in the face for the mine worker,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The trade unionist said workers were going to fight the \u201cslave wage\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the $22 000 which is being offered for a minimum wage, 52% is being paid in US dollars and the balance on the auction rate, this means a mine worker is to get an equivalent of US$265 per month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to fight that slave wage. Mine workers are the drivers of our economy. Government has set a target to have a 12 billion dollar mining economy by 2030. That will not be achieved if our mine workers are demotivated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said mine workers were not going to relent on demanding Covid-19 allowances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still maintain that mine workers must get a Covid-19 allowance. That was supposed to be the first port of negotiations before any talks about basic wages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mining industry is declared an essential service, we cannot give a salary increase without considering the risks these workers are facing during Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe negotiators should have secured a Covid-19 allowance first. Government is offering US$75 Covid-19 allowance to its employees. Why wouldn\u2019t the negotiators first secure the Covid-19 allowance before any wage negotiations? That was the whole point of negotiations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Chinhema added that mining employers were retaining 60% of their sales in foreign currency.<\/p>\n

\u201cMining employers are retaining 60% of the sales in gold sector, which is major, why then did the negotiators fail to secure the allowance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey just secured a percentage of nothing, workers are not going to accept that. We are going to continue calling for the Covid-19 allowances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe salary increment offered is way below the poverty datum line. To make matters even worse in the mining districts, service providers have dollarised. This increase therefore means nothing to the workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe negotiators should have secured a 100% USD salary increment. As mine workers, we are looking at the minimum wage of between US$400- US$600 which can translate to $40 000 RTGS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new wage offer is nothing but wage theft from mine employees that is going to be resisted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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