Search
  1. Home
  2. Southern Africa
  3. Zimbabwe
  • News

Bank workers to strike

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zimbabwe's 8,000 banking workers have threatened to go on strike next week if employers do not meet their demands for a salary increase, media reports said.

    An official of the Zimbabwe Banking and Allied Workers Union, Collen Gwiyo,was quoted as saying: "There has been no progress in the talks."

    Gwiyo said the only way that employers could avert a crippling nationwide strike would be to offer workers a salary increase. The workers are demanding a cost-of-living salary hike ranging between 25 and 30 percent because of a sharp rise in the cost of living emanating from galloping price increases of basic goods and services, Gwiyo added.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join