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*Mine Workers Push For US$600 Living Wage*

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The Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has demanded wage reviews between US$400 and US$600 for mine workers and urged workers’ committees to bargain at the workers’ council level instead of waiting for the National Employment Council (NEC).

ZDAMWU secretary-general Justice Chinhema bemoaned the failure by employers to pay first-quarter salary arrears at a time when second-quarter wage negotiations should have been concluded. He said:

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> The reason for this travesty of justice on mine workers is because the first negotiations were concluded late in March when the payroll had already been processed.

> It is disturbing to note that some mines are already applying for exemptions not to backdate the salaries.

> … Our resolution as ZDAMWU is that as long as the mining sector is still paying these slave wages, workers will not rest.

> As mine worker representatives we are not going to tire of pushing for a living wage in the range of US$400 to US$600.

Chinhema said as ZDAMWU, they were disappointed over employers’ failure to consider the COVID-19 allowances for mine workers when the sector was the only industry that remained on the ground and sustained other sectors during the lockdowns.

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