Staff Writer
Glenrise Investments sub contract workers have downed tools at Ngezi Zimplats vowing to continue with industrial action,unless management pays up their December outstanding salaries.
Glenrise Investments is a sub contract company of Zimplats which is wholly owned by managers.The company employs more than 1000 workers.
In an interview with The Blast, the General Secretary of Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union(ZDAWU) Justice Chinhema said the workers are justified as they are being treated unfairly.
“Workers of Glenrise a sub- contact company of Zimplats that employs over 1000 workers has its employees on strike,”said Chinhema.
“The workers are refusing to go back to work if their December pay is not paid.
Their demand is genuine considering that Zimplats workers earn on time.They are doing Zimplats work and it is unfair to be treated separately.
Workers are saying we are suffering while the parent company whose work they are doing is paying well.
Worse the company Glenrise investments is owned by managers of Zimplats.This company also own a football club, Ngezi platinum.
“We are 100% in support of the workers.Labour broking is a disease that must be treated.
Why would Zimplats engage its managers to offer services through a company that in turn exploit labour.This is unfair and unwanted in our labour market.Standard of work at Glenrise should as well match the parent company,”said Chinhema.
No immediate comment could be obtained from Glenrise Investments management.
Payment of subcontractors of zimplats needs to be looked into. How can workers go for over 2 months without salaries. As we speak it’s back to school, rentals are outstanding. Food and other supplies are needed. Yet they say we respect we care we deliver. The companies main workers do not have outstanding payments yet all their subcontractors are in areas.
What’s the latest now
Some contract workers have been paid and some have not. The funny part Zimplats top brass gave each other lumpsums in December. But they are failing to pay subcontractors. We need a higher office to come address our issues. We are also human we have needs and wants that’s why we go to work expecting to be paid in time. You can’t say the money is little and they give u wen they feel like. Zimplats organization am starting to think it’s full of thieves and labor exploiters.