
According to sources, the workers were gathered in the
committee room at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from 10 am to
5pm, but management refused to address them, only speaking to them through the
workers committee.
Learnmore Maranda, national workers committee chairman
referred all questions to management, but CAAZ spokesperson Anna Hungwe denied
that the staff had downed tools.
“There is nothing like that. Of course, we had a normal
meeting like any other company, but all of our staff reported for duty today
(yesterday),” she said.
But sources said Hungwe was part of the meeting between the
workers committee and management which continuously referred issues to the
parent ministry, the Ministry of Transport headed by Biggie Matiza, who is
still to appoint a board for the parastatal.
“We are staging a sit-in, demanding long overdue issues to
be addressed by the management and the minister,” one worker said.
“The agreed cost of living adjustment starting from March
has not been implemented after executive management included, were trying to
ride on employee agreements.”
He said they were incapacitated because the cost of living
has been going up for the past months, particularly the cost of commuting to
work.
“We can no longer afford to come to work due to high
transport costs. We want the human resources director, who is doubling as the
acting director-general to go. She has failed us. She is practising nepotism,
where she employs her colleagues and relatives,” said the employee.
Another employee told NewsDay that the workers’ committee
held a meeting with management to find a way forward.
“Controllers, aviation security, fireman and generality of
staff are threatening to close down the airports if the issues at hand are not
addressed. Other grievances include the cutting of employees’ bonuses and late
payment of those bonuses,” she said.
“There is also the issue of victimisation, where the
company retrenched six employees last year after the employees had won their
case in court.” Newsday
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