Source: Rural teachers to strike over pay – DailyNews Live
STAFF WRITER 27 September 2017
HARARE – Thousands of rural teachers across Zimbabwe have threatened to
hold a #pocketsoutprotest to demand higher pay and better benefits, the
State’s largest rural teachers’ union said.
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) said all rural
teachers in all school districts were taking part in the strike, which
could force the cancellation of classes.
At issue are cost-of-living raises and the government’s alleged lack of
will to stem the full scale economic collapse.
“We are left with no option but to embark on a pockets out protest on
Friday 29, September 2017 as we prepare to leave the classroom for the
bank on Monday 2, October 2017,” Artuz said in a statement.
“The economic collapse has eroded the salaries of teachers by over 100
percent; a day the money spent in a bank account is another loss of value
of our pathetic salaries.”
Artuz said the Public Service Act bars teachers and all other civil
servants from engaging in any other form of work to supplement their
salaries.
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