MANAGEMENT and workers of the country’s sole flint glass producer, Zimbabwe Glass, are at loggerheads over outstanding salaries that date back to 2010 when the company resumed production.
STEPHEN CHADENGA OWN CORRESPONDENT
Since then, the company has been making part-payments to its workers, but has failed to pay them anything for the past five months. Workers held management hostage in December last year demanding to be paid outstanding salaries, but it was all in vain. On Monday, the workers and management held a meeting whose details company officials refused to divulge with Zimglass acting chief executive officer Gilbert Tapfuma saying he would not verbally respond to any questions from the media.
“Put your questions in writing because I will not respond verbally,” Tapfuma said.
He, however, did not respond to questions e-mailed to him.
But workers who spoke to Southern Eye on condition of anonymity said they had now “upped the heat” against management to address their grievances.
“There is no going back. We are tired of being ill-treated with company officials paying lip service to our concerns,” one worker said.
Another worker said they had now elected a new “vibrant” workers’ committee to fight their cause.
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“On Monday we elected a new workers’ committee because we are tired of inactive people who purport to represent our grievances,” the worker said.
The Zimbabwe Chemicals and Plastics Allied Workers’ Union’s national executive member David Kunze yesterday said a meeting to discuss pending issues affecting Zimglass workers had been pencilled in for today.
“Wait till Wednesday (today) and then after a works council meeting we will give you the details on the outcome,” he said.
