July 16, 2022
Zimbabwe: Security Guards, Employers in Deadlock Over U.S.$254 Salary Demand
SECURITY guards' employees' representatives have declared a deadlock during salary increase negotiations after the sector's employers refused to meet their US$254 salary increase… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Zimbabwe: Ex-Prison Officers Fall On Hard Times, Resist Vacating State Houses - Says Prisons Boss
A HIUGE number of former prison officers are resisting vacating Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) accommodation after retirement after falling on hard times,… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Zimbabwe: Workers Pile Legal Pressure On Govt Over PSMAS
Workers' apex body, Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Unions (ZCPSU) has piled legal pressure on the government to stop 'illegal interference' on the country's oldest and… Read more »
July 07, 2022
Zimbabwe: Ex-NRZ Workers Petition Mnangagwa to Fire 'Unqualified and Incompetent' Company Boss
A COTERIE of former National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa over diminished prospects of resuscitating the collapsed parastatal,… Read more »
July 05, 2022
Zimbabwe: Civil Servants Give Govt Two-Week Strike Notice, Increase Salary Demand to U.S.$840
DISGRUNTLED civil servants have given government notice of industrial action in the next two weeks over their cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Read more »
July 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: ITUC Index Removes Zimbabwe From World's Ten Worst Countries for Workers
The International Trade Union Confederation's (ITUC) 2022 Global Rights index has removed Zimbabwe from the category of ten worst countries for workers. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Civil Servants Left Seething With Anger, As Police Stop Psmas AGM for Second Consecutive Year
CIVIL servants were Thursday left seething with anger after anti-riot police officers stopped a Public Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) annual general meeting (AGM) for the… Read more »
June 30, 2022
Zimbabwe: Civil Servants Reject 100% Salary Increment
Civil Servants under the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions banner, formerly Apex, have rejected government's recent cost of living adjustment (CLA), calling it… Read more »
June 28, 2022
Zimbabwe: Govt Tops Up Civil Servants' Salaries
Government has reviewed upwards civil servants salaries and allowances following threats to down tools over almost worthless earnings. Read more »
June 27, 2022
Zimbabwe: State Broadcaster Workers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Covid-19 Allowances, Salary Increase
"ZBC is the only organisation which is failing to honour the obligation to pay the Covid-19 allowance, at a time when the government is paying more than double the amount ZBC is… Read more »
June 26, 2022
Zimbabwe: U.S. Labour Group Urges Mnangagwa to Cease 'Judicial Harassment' of Detained Teachers Union Leader
THE United States' largest and most influential trade union, the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFL-CIO), has petitioned President Emmerson… Read more »
June 25, 2022
Zimbabwe: Nurses Call Off Strike, Give Government 14 Day Ultimatum
HEALTH workers have called off their industrial action and given government 14 days to deliver on their demands of a US dollar salary and better working conditions. Read more »
June 24, 2022
Zimbabwe: Parirenyatwa General Workers Earning ZW$5,000 Per Month
General workers at Parirenyatwa Hospital, who include groundsmen, cleaners, and cooks are reportedly earning as little as ZW$5,000 a month which is barely enough to buy five loaves… Read more »
Zimbabwe: UK Parliament Questions Recruitment of Nurses From Poor Countries
The British House of Lords has questioned the move by the country's National Health Services (NHS) to continue recruiting nurses from countries recording shortages in their own… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Zimbabwe: Unions Claim Govt Looking to Grab Public Service Medical Aid Scheme
Plans by the Public Service Commission (PSC)'s to take over Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) are at an advanced stage, union leaders have claimed. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Minister Claims Only a Few Nurses On Strike
LEADER of government business in Parliament Ziyambi Ziyambi claimed Wednesday that only a few doctors and nurses were on strike as he reiterated the administration's refusal to pay… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police Block Striking Health Workers From Petitioning Employer
Police on Wednesday blocked striking nurses and doctors from petitioning their employer, the Health Services Board (HSB) as the countrywide job action continues. Read more »
June 21, 2022
Zimbabwe: As Job Action Starts, Nurses Say Patients and Their Families Should Join Strike
Nurses at Harare Central hospital have called on the public to join their protests against government's failure to address their demands, as the crisis at public hospitals deepens. Read more »
June 20, 2022
Zimbabwe: Govt in Last Minute Fire-Fighting Mode, As Nurses Maintain Promise for Strike
Government was on Saturday, in a last gasp attempt to stop industrial action by poorly paid nurses, expected to start Monday. Read more »
June 14, 2022
Zimbabwe: Massive Industrial Action Looms At Riozim Mines
A crippling strike is looming at RioZim Limited, where mine workers are demanding an upward review of their remuneration and improved working conditions, NewZimbabwe.com has… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Zimbabwe: Exclusive - ZBC CEO Storms Out of Meeting After Staff Boycott
ZBC chief executive officer Adelaide Chikunguru reportedly stormed out of general staff meeting she had called for on Tuesday after workers boycotted in protest over a new employee… Read more »
June 02, 2022
Zimbabwe: Bankers Petition Mthuli Ncube Over 'Exorbitant' Income Tax Bracket
The Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) has petitioned Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, urging him to expand the income tax threshold bracket to ease the burdens of… Read more »
June 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: No Salary Increase for ZNFPC Employees for 18 Years
The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) workers have gone for almost two decades without any salary increase, parliament heard on Tuesday. Read more »
May 27, 2022
Zimbabwe: Anti-Riot Police Officers Swarm Bulawayo, Masvingo As Gov Moves to Quash Potential Demonstrations
Bulawayo was Thursday teeming with armed anti-riot police officers, stationed at "strategic" points within the city, as government moved in ahead of planned civil servants'… Read more »
May 26, 2022
Zimbabwe: Civil Servants Plot Massive Demonstration Against Poor Wages
Civil servants under the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) are this Friday set to march against government's continued reluctance to pay them in US… Read more »