MIDLANDS State
University (MSU) lecturers have joined the growing list of State universities’
workers who have downed tools in the past few days following a meeting on
February 28.
MSU employees
on Friday wrote a letter to the university’s council and Vice-Chancellor
informing them about the decision to suspend lectures until their grievances
are addressed.
“We write to
advise that we had a joint general assembly meeting for both teaching and
non-teaching staff today (28-02-2020) in the Great Hall at the main campus.
Members made and adopted the following resolution: That all employees at
Midlands State University are incapacitated to come to work with immediate
effect,” read part of the resolutions by the workers.
The lecturers
also resolved that they will only report back to work after they have been
capacitated.
“That all
members will be waiting for the employer to capacitate them so that they report
for work. That all heads of departments should allow subordinates to receive
capacitation before coming to report for duty and should not force or victimise
them,” the workers said.
The workers
also demanded their salaries should tally with what regional universities are
paying fellow lecturers.
The MSU’s job
action comes after students from National University of Science and Technology
(NUST) last year staged a demonstration and 15 students were arrested for
protesting against the continued industrial action by lecturers who are
demanding a pay hike.
Last semester,
MSU lecturers were reportedly conducting lectures from Monday to Wednesday
only, while NUST lecturers were only conducting lessons for the conventional
students.
On Tuesday, lecturers
at NUST in Bulawayo stopped conducting lectures citing incapacitation.
Lecturers at
the Zimbabwe Open University have also reportedly informed authorities that
they were downing tools. Newsday
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