Civil servants in Mungwi district of Northern Province have called on the labour movement to quickly conclude their negotiations with government.
The civil servants said the unions and government should conclude negotiations to avoid nation -wide industrial unrest.
Government workers in the area expect to receive a salary increment of not less than K800, 000 across the board out of the ongoing negotiations between the government and the unions.
In a meeting chaired by Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSWUZ) branch chairperson, Grace Yaluma, on Friday, civil servants have demanded payment of rural hardship allowances, fixed band and 40 per cent housing allowances.
The workers have complained that the government has up to now not paid some civil servants their fixed band and 40 per cent housing allowances despite paying most of the workers in Northern Province.
They have also asked government to increase the housing allowances to K1 million across the board, adding that currently, one could not find decent accommodation at K160, 000 per month, which the workers were getting as their housing allowance.
ZANIS
Hey this is not fair K160,000 per month,that is about R320 which is less compared to what I use when going to the beach.Awe pipo lets be fair.
Ba Matworld! Ku beach, ka!
At it again!
Comparing apples with oranges.
Moze ni BBC iyo bayamba ba Matworld…Ifyo iya
GRZ respect yor woekers as you respect your ministers. Both are equal humanbeings, misters have wives so do civil servants, they have children so do civilservants, they dress so do civil servants. So let us respect one another by awarding good salaries to each group.
People have suffered pafula, let them have a chance to buy better bread and butter. it is not a case of comparing apples with oranges, bane, but comparing life styles! We all need to go to the beach, but not with the ubufungau tulefola pa zed.
Waona manje Matworld! Ati, we all need to go the beach! Nomba fye, kamane! kachepesha.