Bulawayo City Council workers are set to return to work today after ending a four-day strike that had crippled service delivery in the city which is hosting the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair.
The strike over unpaid salaries has now been referred to the Ministry Labour.
This follows yesterday’s failed negotiations between council management and workers.
Zimbabwe Urban Council Workers’ Union secretary-general Moses Mahlangu said the workers had decided to hand over the salary dispute to the Ministry of Labour after failing to come up with an agreement with council on the fourth day of their job action.
“However, this is still not over, our demands are still the same and if we are issued with a certificate of no settlement from the ministry, we will decide whether to go on a full-blown strike, arbitration or engage the deputy sheriff to attach property amounting to what council owes us,” he said.
Bulawayo mayor Thaba Moyo refused to comment on the dispute saying it was “a private and confidential issue”.
“All the workers will be back at work, the issue to be discussed is not their salaries, but what you should know is that they are back at work and that is all that matters,” he said.
