Chikowore said her council had asked the state for clarification of the $240 million salary increase it put on the table for 2012
Chikowore said that if worker representatives are not satisfied with the discussions they will reopen the job action
Moyo said state enterprises without audited books and annual plans will be deprived of funding to force them to slash big salaries
Representatives of state workers are demanding an entry salary of $538 a month, which the government says it cannot afford
A High Court judge is expected Thursday to rule on a request by a teachers union that a ZCTU congress set to open Friday be blocked
Prime Minister Tsvangirai expressed dismay over the announced pay increases which he said were small but would still break the budget
Former Kwekwe Executive Mayor Rogers Chisi said hopes are that life will now return to normal in the Midlands steel-making region
Sources said employees demanded to meet with airline management and directors after staff received just half of their April wages
Experts warned that the airline still faces serious problems - though given its safety record it remains a potentially viable enterprise
Striking Air Zimbabwe pilots recently complained to Parliament that they are flying outdated aircraft
Pilots are flying outdated aircraft while more than 280 workers service each jet compared with an international norm of 85 workers
Economic commentator Masimba Kuchera said an arbitrator should intervene to end the two-and-a-half week strike
Labor Court President Loice Matanda-Moyo said the strikers did not follow provisions of the Labor Act before launching their action
Economist Tony Hawkins said Mr. Mugabe's intervention is a desperate move to rescue the carrier, which is losing millions a month
Management has begged the pilots, engineers and flight attendants to resume work while negotiations continue
The IMF says public sector wage increases will stoke inflation and reverse economic gains posted since the unity government was formed
Zimbabwean pensioners will now receive US$40 a month, far short of the US$200 most Zimbabweans are barely living on
Most state workers are only being paid about US$170 a month which is far less than the US$500-plus required by the average family
Civil servants have called on the government to reduce their electric power bills while they are waiting for an increase in salaries
the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has given employers until July of this year to pay salaries above the poverty line of US$500
