A crippling strike is looming at
In a letter to the company,
The concerns raised by the miners at
The letter seen by this publication reads: "You may recall the several meetings we had between mine managers and the respective Human resources personnel at your different locations aforesaid. You may also acknowledge that issues have been ventilated and several resolutions were made. In particular, in
"In
Chinhema said RioZim has breached the settlement certificates and subsequent salary dates, which are never honoured.
He added: "Now, the employees have organised themselves in unison, and are saying enough is enough. The employer is always ready to employ the no work no pay principle, but in defiance of the parity principle, the employer is not willing to employ the no pay no work principle".
The mine workers have agreed to down tools if their grievances are not addressed.
"All the workers at your different mine stations have agreed that they cannot continue to live in this prison-like employment set up, to the extent that some are even suggesting that
"The plan now is to embark on a country wide collective job action. This is not the notice in section 104 (2a) of the
"We are also left with no option but to agree with the workers that their situation needs the employer to act, and if the employer fails to act, the workers will take action and defend their rights as per provisions of the law."
The workers have given the company a seven day ultimatum to respond to their grievances.
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