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Strikes and Protests 2007/8 - Teachers and Lecturers
Striking
Zimbabwe teachers shift from sitdown tactic to stayaway
Jonga
Kandemiiri, Voice of America (VOA)
September 24, 2007
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Striking members
of the Progressive
Teachers Union of Zimbabwe will no longer show up at schools
for a sitdown but will stay home, the union announced on Monday.
The statement issued
by the union also said it was "urging all teachers to unite
in the strike," indicating that it is calling upon members
of the rival Zimbabwe Teachers Association to get on board the strike
over wages.
Zimbabwe Teachers Association
president Tendai Chikowore said her members are getting impatient
but that the association's officers are asking them to stay on the
job until Thursday as representatives are still in discussions with
the government.
Teachers have rejected
the government's latest offer of a 100% basic salary increase plus
significantly increased housing and transportation allowances.
The Progressive Teachers
Union says it will settle for no less than a basic salary of Z$18
million (US$ 50) plus another Z$14 million in housing and transport
costs.
In a related development,
Progressive Teachers Union officials said their headquarters office
in Milton Park, Harare, was ransacked over the weekend.
PTUZ General Secretary
Raymond Majongwe told reporter Jonga Kandemiiri of VOA's Studio
7 for Zimbabwe that the break-in will not change the union's course
or intimidate its members.
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