{"id":4526,"date":"2024-10-02T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4526"},"modified":"2024-10-02T16:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:42:15","slug":"civil-servants-reject-paltry-salary-adjustments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4526","title":{"rendered":"Civil Servants Reject Paltry Salary Adjustments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Harare Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Civil servants in Zimbabwe have rejected the government&#8217;s proposed salary adjustment offer, presented during the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting on September 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) deemed the offer insufficient, prompting a deadlock in negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Government had brought an offer which we did not accept\u2026 In today&#8217;s meeting, the Government maintained its initial offer,&#8221; stated ZCPSTU \u00b9. They urged the government to improve the proposal and decided to escalate the matter to higher authorities for further engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed offer&#8217;s details remain undisclosed, including the amount and currency (Zimbabwean dollars or US dollars). Currently, civil servants earn approximately US$300 before deductions and ZiG$2,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) criticized ZCPSTU for alleged bad-faith negotiations, stating: &#8220;NJNC Salary negotiations are a bedroom affair between the government and\u2026 ruling elites. They can spend months talking without consulting those they pretend to represent&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rejected Offer: ZCPSTU declined the government&#8217;s proposal due to insufficiency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current Salary: Civil servants earn around US$300 and ZiG$2,000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ARTUZ Criticism: Accused ZCPSTU of negotiating in bad faith.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next Steps: ZCPSTU will escalate the matter to higher authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harare Correspondent Civil servants in Zimbabwe have rejected the government&#8217;s proposed salary adjustment offer, presented during the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting on September 20. The Zimbabwe Confederation of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4528,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4526\/revisions\/4528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}