By Paul Nyathi|The Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association has officially communicated that its members will be involved in a collective industrial action from the 8th of May.

The ZIMTA Secretary General Nganunu Sibanda advised the member teachers in a letter dated the 1st of May that they must withdraw services beginning Tuesday 8th of May on schools opening day.

“This letter serves to inform educators and education administrators in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education of the strike action beginning Tuesday 8th May 2018,” read the letter.

The teachers’ grievances are over allowances that government last paid them before the dollarisation era and the low salaries.

Further to that, the teachers are up in arms with government’s 2016 decision to block all leave.

Government has meantime warned that it will dismiss all teachers who will engage in the industrial action.

Last month, the government dismissed about 20 000 nurses who engaged in a strike action for an increase in their salaries and review of working conditions.

The teachers’ union assured its members that it will provide legal protection to any of its members who will be victimised during the industrial action.