TALKS between government and unions representing civil servants have
failed to change the material position of government workers, many of
whom are wallowing in abject poverty.Pressure is piling on ZANU-PF to tackle a
cocktail of economic challenges that threaten to bring business
operations and the economy to a halt.
ever since the new elected government have been elected into power, not half of the promise for a better managed
economy have been met so far. It seems that the victorious ZANU-PF administration is struggling to find
solutions to the economic free fall and hence continues to dither over
its promises.
Civil servants are waiting in the shadows for pay increments. There has been no clear indications that the
increments would materialise as the powers-that-be are pleading
bankruptcy. Civil servants gobble up nearly three quaters of government’s
monthly revenue, hence the promised salary increments would further
erode the State’s meagre resources.
Failure to rise money for the civil servants due to limited resources, government shifted pay dates for the bulk of the civil servants as Treasury
makes final attempts to finance its budget. this move might seem as a good one for the mean time, but as time go on, this will create fertile conditions for a showdown between government and its
employees, which might paralyse the economy. Civil servants’ unions have
warned that they will not allow government to continue taking them for a
joyride, after protracted wage negotiations that began at the end of
last year.
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