THE Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is disappointed with the happenings at the Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) where employees were recently threatened with job losses.
And Labour and Social Security deputy minister Rayford Mbulu says President Micheal Sata has a passion for workers as exhibited by his instruction to KCM not to lay off any employee.
ZCTU president Leonard Hikaumba said during the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) Supreme council held at Katilungu house in Kitwe yesterday, that the trade union was disappointed with KCM.
Mr Hikaumba wondered why KCM seemed to be the only mining company faced with a lot of challenges when it was operating under the same environment as other mining companies.
“We are disappointed with KCM, they threatened to lay off 1500 workers and the other day I was reading that they owed contractors and suppliers a lot of money.
“Why should KCM always be a problem in Zambia when other mining companies are not complaining like them, are they operating under a different environment,” questioned Mr Hikaumba.
Mr Hikaumba commended Government for ensuring that there were no job losses at KCM and further commended MUZ on its efforts to represent the workers welfare.
He said MUZ was the pioneer of unions in the country and further applauded them for leading the way in representing workers interests.
Mr Hikaumba urged KCM stand out and be counted as a good employer and advised Government to keep an eye on the mining firm.
He also urged Government to speed up the process of having new labour laws which should be adhered to by employees, employers and the Government.
And Mr Mbulu said President Sata was passionate about the workers plight and that Government had set up a technical team to look at the happenings at KCM.
“President Sata is passionate about the workers in the country, he loves the workers as seen when he instructed KCM not the lay off any employee. The instruction to KCM was done at great risk in restraining the workers not to be on the street,” he said.
Mr Mbulu said Government would provide a conducive environment for investors and also take its responsibility of ensuring that Zambians had a better life.
And MUZ president Nkole Chishimba said the union was still grappling with issues at KCM.
Mr Chishimba said issues of occupational health and safety remains the key core of the union to ensure the safety of the workers.
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Mr president do something we are suffering here in KCM with these Indians
I have 40 years experience in the mining industry. I’ve audited mines in Bolivia, Oman, Indonesia, Mauritania, Sudan, DR Congo and Ivory Coast. I can fly to Zambia next week and carry out an independent audit of KCM on behalf of GRZ. I know they have been carrying 2 sets of accounts as part of their business culture to defraud host governments. They have been doing so at Lisheen in Ireland, Skokion in Namibia and at Black Mountain in South Africa.
The toothless Union is reduced to paying lipservice and appeasing the president.
This is not ZCCM these unions have to rethink their negotiation strategies when dealing with multinationals.
YES he has a passion for FIRING WORKERS! CHUMBU…….
We have spent too much money on unplanned projects and by-elections, some of the roads have already developed terribly potholes, where do you get money to sustain them? Most of these roads especially on the Copperbelt, could have been built using copper money as opposed to borrowing. effects of unplanned creatin of new districts, not that the idea is bad, it’s like you want to buy a car just for show when you can’t even afford to sustain a bicycle, that is living beyond your means. Unnecessarly political statement by the president and visible harrassing of opposition like HH is all affecting the kwacha.
KCM ISSUE HAS BEEN MISHANDLED BY THE POLITICIANS
WHY IS KCM A TALK OF THE DAY IS BECAUSE OF THE “BOY FRIEND AND GIRL FRIEND RELATIONSHIP” BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND KCM. IF THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE WORD GO HAD PUT THE FOOT DOWN ON HOW THEY COULD HAVE LOVED MINE HOUSES TO OPERATE. THEY COULD HAVE CONTROLLED KCM BUT THE KIND OF THE SAID RELATIONSHIP MADE KCM TO EXPLOIT THE SITUATION. NOW AS THINGS STAND TO DAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS LOST THE FIGHT THAT IS WHY THINGS ARE HAPPENING LIKE THAT.BY THE WAY HOW DOES OUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT FOR EVERY MINERAL IN ZAMBIA. I HAVE NOT SEEN COBALT REPORT FOR ALONG TIME NOW. EXCEPT THE MUCH TALKED ABOUT COBALT SCANDLE DURING ZCCM LTD DAYS . NOW HAVE WE STOPPED MINING COBALT IN ZAMBIA TODAY?
MUZ MOVE