Harare Municipal Workers’ Union (HMUW) has demanded the executive salary schedule and the city’s financial statements following a decision by council to remove certain allowances during collective bargaining negotiations.
BY SILENCE CHARUMBIRA
Council proposed the reduction of long service awards, removal of the employees’ bonuses and reduction of salaries, citing financial incapacity.
According to a letter addressed to the acting town clerk dated July 15, the workers said they wanted their employer to continue paying the allowances and even proposed an increase in hygienic allowances.
The workers said before negotiations could resume they were requesting the executive payroll from Grade 1 to 4 inclusive of all allowances schedules, general payroll Grade 5 to 16, financial statements — income and expenditure for the periods January to December 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, inclusive of finance committee minutes and full council minutes for the same period.
They also asked for bank accounts statements indicating account numbers, balances and management accounts, budgets for the period of January to December 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and dividends from subsidiaries, Easipark (Pvt) Ltd, City Parking (Pvt) Ltd and other joint ventures.
“In terms of the Labour Act Section 2A, the purpose of the Act is to advance social justice and democracy in the workplace by motion of the participation by employees in the decisions affecting their interests in the work place,” the letter read.
“We are aware that the City of Harare has a budget for 2015, which is an employer’s budget. Also for 2012, 2013 and 2014 the employees input was again ignored despite a Harare City Council resolution to include us.”
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The workers also accused council of failing to consult employees or consider their input in coming up with the budget.
“It is clear that there was no participation of employees in the budget and any proposals to remove or diminish the rights of employees should be done after compliance with full disclosure in terms of the law,” HMWU chairperson Cosmas Bungu said.
