Zambezi district council workers have threatened to go on strike over the alleged non-payment of 27 months salary arrears.
Zambia Union of local Authority Workers Union, ZULAWU, Zambezi district branch
Chairman, Edwin Kalonga, ZANIS that the workers are unable to send children to
school and meet other economic and social needs because they have not been paid
salaries for 27 months.
Mr. Kalonga appealed to government to help the local authority liquidate the salary
arrears to avoid industrial unrest.
An on the spot check by ZANIS found that most of the employees have had their water
and electricity supply disconnected due to non-payment of bills.ÂÂ
When reached for a comment, Council Secretary, Rodney Mbundu, said workers at the
council are owed 20 months salary arrears and claimed that he personally is owed 30
months salary arrears.
He explained that the government grants to the council were inadequate a situation
that has resulted in delays salaries and other problems affecting the council operations.
forced the council to rely on other sources of revenue to the meet the administrative requirements.
He, however, reiterated the council’s commitment to clear all outstanding salaries
owed to the workers.
This is what our MPs should be fighting for – Justice to be done to the zambian worker. Not spending time scheming how much they should plunder this nation through their unjustified car loans!!.
And this nonsense of giving car loans even to MPs who already got cars from the loans they got in their previous terms of office must come to an end.