Zimbabwean Government Workers Strike as Pay Checks Delayed
- Strike follows finance ministry delay in payment of salaries
- Capital rocked Monday by protests over police harassment
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A group representing Zimbabwean government workers called for an immediate strike over the state’s failure to pay salaries on time, a day after protesters clashed with the police in Harare, the capital.
“Our valued membership will not be able to report to duty,” the Civil Service Apex Council said in a statement sent to its members Tuesday and handed to Bloomberg. “All civil servants must heed this call, no one will be victimized, our demands will be met.”