MP in soup over workers’ unpaid wages

INSIZA North legislator and director of Progress Mine, Farai Taruvinga, has been taken to the mining industry National Employment Council (NEC) by his workers over wages as well as unlawful termination of contracts, among other issues.

The 120 workers, who are being represented by the Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU), alleged that Taruvinga, who owns Trade River Investments, trading as Progress Mine, owes them about $212 075 in outstanding f wages, overtime, allowances and non-provision of personal protective equipment.

Forty-two workers also alleged unfair termination of contracts and they are demanding about $82 459 from the lawmaker.

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