Nurses Strike: Nurses Give HSB Until 4 pm To Confirm That It Will Disregard Chiwenga's Directive

The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has said that all of its members who are said to have been fired by Vice President, General Constantino Chiwenga have not received letters of termination from their employer the Health Services Board (HSB). The nurses have also given the HSB until 4 pm to state their official position on the matter. The nurses have given the HSB an ultimatum to either disregard Chiwenga’s directive or face litigation.  In a statement ZINA said,

Further to our previous statements, more particularly our statement of 18 April 2018 (Yesterday) we wish to reiterate the following:

1. We have engaged our employer the Health Services Board to confirm that it will not implement the directive issued by the Vice President by no later than 1600hrs today (19 April 2018).

2. Our employer is yet to respond to use.

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3. Further, as at the time of this statement, none of our members have been served with letters terminating their services with the employer. The accordingly, therefore, remain employed by the Health Services Board.

4. As our grievances which relate primarily to poor and dangerous working conditions remain unresolved and unaddressed, our position remains the same as the situation has not changed.

We further reiterate that we remain open to engagement with our employer to resolve our concerns in the interest of all our stakeholders.