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Civil servants promising to strike
Zimbabwe Human
Rights Association (ZimRights)
May 12, 2011
Teacher are
planning to take action against the low wages and the unfavorable
working environment they are being forced to work under as they
complain that they are under constant police surveillance whose
officer want to ascertain their political affiliation.
Progressive
Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou
said the Unity
Government has failed to address the teachers' grievances,
especially the issue of paltry salaries which have reduced them
to society's laughing stock. He added that teachers are now
living in constant fear of the police, army and operatives of the
intelligence organization who have made their business to ensure
that teachers do not join political parties that are not the former
ruling party. PTUZ Secretary General Raymond Majongwe and Zimbabwe
Teacher's Association (ZIMTA) chief executive officer Sifiso
Ndlovu confirmed the dissatisfaction at how they are being treated.
They added that if their concerns continue to be neglected they
will be left with no other option but to hold a strike demanding
relevant authorities to fulfill their promises.
The teachers
also claim that militants and ZANU PF thugs are moving around school
identifying teachers whom they suspect to be anti-ZANU PF, so that
they can beat them up or use other forms of torture in the name
of discipline.
ZimRights calls
on the government to value its workers by paying them a living wage
for the commitment they continue to put in the country's development
through equipping Zimbabwe's future leaders, professionals
and parents. It is the rights of every worker to be paid fairly
and adequately for the service they render. The intimidation of
teachers by the police and army is also gross violation of their
rights, freedom and working conditions.
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Human Rights Association (ZimRights) fact
sheet
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