Government has tabled its revised offer of $300 million up
from $160 million to civil servants in a meeting held under the auspices of the
National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC).
Last week the two sides failed to reach a consensus when
the workers rejected a 10 percent salary review prompting government to
increase its offer by a further 9 percent which the Apex Council through its
chairperson Mrs Cecilia Alexander said will be presented to their members.
“We appreciate the gesture but it will not address our
problem of incapacitation, government today brought a revised offer, in our
view as negotiators it falls far short. Meanwhile, we will consult our
constituency which will give us direction,” she said.
The Apex Council’s deputy chairperson Mr Thomas Muzondo
also thanked the President for availing a cushioning allowance.
Last week President Emmerson Mnangagwa directed Treasury to
pay civil servants a cushioning allowance of between 22.7 percent for the
lowest paid worker and 5 percent for the highest paid employee. zbc
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