[miningmx.com] – ZIMBABWE’s main mining industry labour union, the Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe, and employers have deadlocked over wages after the union demanded minimum wages of between $573 and $800 a month. The current minimum wage for all mineworkers is $227, said Bloomberg News.
The dispute has been referred to the Zimbabwe government’s National Employment Council which is due to meet on January 15. The matter will probably be referred to an arbitrator, Bloomberg News said.
The union wants employers to pay a minimum of $800 a month for diamond workers, $700 a month for platinum miners and $573 a month in basic wages for gold and other mineworkers, said Bloomberg News. Employers are offering an inflation-linked adjustment. Annual inflation was 0.59% in October.
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