Striking Shoprite workers have vowed not to go back to work until management pays out the sixteen billion kwacha service fund owed to workers.
ZNBC found Shoprite workers at Manda Hill chanting slogans and dancing in protest against management.
Several shoppers were disappointed to find the Manda Hill store closed.
National Union of commercial and industrial workers President Robert Munsanje says the workers will not return to work until management pays out the sixteen billion kwacha or transfers the funds to NAPSA.
Mr Munsanje told ZNBC News on Tuesday that the workers are also demanding an end to casualisation of workers.
He said about 70 percent of the workers at Shoprite are casual workers.
Mr Munsanje says Shoprite management has been taking workers for granted for too long.
Efforts to get the minister of labour failed as he was reported to be in a meeting.
Shoprite workers started their nation wide strike on Monday
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ICHALO TULE SENDA…THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE GATHERING
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND EVEN THOSE THAT ARE NOT FIND OUR SOCIETY TO BE DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE! THERE ARE VARIOUS MEASURES AND STEPS THAT MUST BE TAKEN BY GOV’T TO IMPROVE OUR WELFARE, TIZA CHINJA NDISE, WE WILL NOLONGER WAIT FOR BANYANDULE TO IMPLEMENT. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ARE VERY MUCH AVAILABLE, BUT WILL ALL 13MILLION ZAMBIANS GO INTO BUSINESS? WE NEED A SERIOUS GOV’T TO CLEAN UP OUR SYSTEMS…TALEMA NAVO MWE, LOW INCOME FROM COPPER, HIGH FUEL AND MEALIE MEAL PRICES…CORRUPTION AT ALL LEVELS, POOR SERVICES AND HOSPITAL FACILITIES…POOR WAGES FOR TEACHERS…SHOULD EVERYONE START OPENING PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND CLINICS?
NO, WE NEED A BETTER AND MORE AFFORDABLE COUNTRY
viva shoprite workers, management should understand that taking zambian workers for granted doesnt pay especially where grz doesnt seem to care at all, i encourage you all to come together get your voice heard, BALITUMPA SANA ABA BAKOLWE!!!
THIS PROBLEM BELONGS TO MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND THE INVESTMENT CENTRE. LABOUR MUST COORDINATE AND STREAMLINE WORKERS WELFARE WHILE BALANCING INVESTOR EXPECTATIONS.