seated at the freedom statue a few meters away from the Shoprite
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GOVERNMENT has given Shoprite management a 10 day ultimatum to conclude salary negotiations with National Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers (NUCIW).
Labour deputy ministers, Ronald Chitotela and Rayford Mbulu urged all striking shoprite workers to resume work to pave way for salary negotiations.
In an interview yesterday after addressing both management and the union officials in a prolonged meeting that took the whole morning in Lusaka, the deputy ministers said government expected the stakeholders to corporate and improve the conditions of service.
“We have been locked up in a meeting since morning with both Shoprite management and NUCIW union officials with a view to reach consensus and resolve the issues raised by the striking workers, we have managed to convince them to go back for work today, we are hoping that management will comply with our directive and finish negotiations within 10 days,” Mr Mbulu said.
And NUCIW president Robert Munsanje expressed happiness at the outcome of the meeting by the two deputy ministers and management officials saying had the two government officials not decided to show concern, the strike would have continued until their issues were addressed.
He said the workers had been briefed over the outcome of the meeting and all agreed to resume work today.
“As a union we are happy that government has come in quickly to intervene in the matter because the members concerns had been hanging for a long time without being resolved as management was giving many excuses, we ask government to continue checking on the progress to see whether the directive is being heeded,” he said.
Unionized Shoprite employees on Monday downed tools pressing management to improve their conditions of service.
The striking workers were protesting against management’s alleged failure to implement the Government’s prescribed minimum wage.
The workers complained that the least paid worker gets between K400 and K600 which is below the minimum wage and the workers had been hoping their superiors would come up with meaningful increments instead of offering a K160. The workers were demanding a minimum increment of K450.
After-all the Executive has already set a very good example by increasing their Salaries more than 30%.
And how many days has the govt given itself to sort out the nurses and pharmacists salaries issue? No limit, as they were busy adjusting upwards their salaries to ensure they have more cash in their pockets.
Imwe ba shoprite management, pls chase these lazy employees nd employ those wu wnt to wrk. I have 2 cousins working for shoprite nd av seen the way they wrk nd the money they get, its nt bad at all.
How can a maid beat a shoprite employee who works from 07 00h to 20 00h?If its true that some shoprite workers get K400 with a proposed increament of K160; is the greatest form of exploitation of man by man.slave wages in the 12st century i are unacceptable.could the powers that be ,Rayford Mbulu ,at Labour Ministry please insist on improving our people’s conditions.That kind of pay is pocket money for a high school pupil of the upper brass executives.
10 days or what? How about government is given 10 days to sort out their impasse with the nurses!
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