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Nurses urged to resume work

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The Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) has called on its members to immediately resume work following the signing of the collective agreement.

ZUNO president Thom Yungana says failure to report for work is tantamount to absenteeism as the collective agreement singned between unions and government is law.

Mr Yungana says by signing the agreement government has shown willingness to engage nurses on issues affecting them.

He was speaking in Lusaka at the signing of the recognition agreement between his union and government.

Health Permanent secretary, Velepi Mtonga, warned that government has the right to withdraw the recognition agreement should the union abrogate the provisions of the industrial relations act.

Nurses country wide have been on strike to press for better conditions of service.
[ZNBC]

7 COMMENTS

  1. NONSENSE – read carefullY.
    This will lead to a very bad precedence regarding what is happening to nurses & teachers. (i) The union leadership goes to negotiate (ii) The union leadership is offered too much money to sign to the extent that even if a vote of no confidence is passed against them it doesn’t matter. (iii) They tell their membership to go back for work ’cause the collective agreement is already in place. (iv) Government wins ’cause the saving is done. NEXT TIME IT IS NEW UNION LEADERSHIP and the cycle starts all over again.
    SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE PLEAAAASE!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. The union representatives shud not rush to the press to announce the outcome of their bargainz with government and urge their memberz to call off the strike. Rather they shud first xplain to their memberz and I bet there won’t be need to ask for the calling-off of the strike action if the “good newz” is delivered well. Mind you, it iz very rare to get all wat iz demanded. So long you reazonably “meet somewhere” and move on.

  3. Withdrawal of labour iz arrived at after a meeting of union representatives and their memberz. Similary, the return to work must be after such a meeting takes place again. Then we can have such flashy headlines as “Teacherz/ Nursez/Doctorz down toolz” or “Doctorz/Teacherz/Nurses call off the strike” from reporterz. True or false?

  4. VIVA STRIKE……dont gO back untill you are given enough to be respected as humanbeings. VIVA STRIKA . REVOLUTION 2011.

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