Workers at Mansa Municipal Council in Luapula Province today held a sitting in protest to demand for payment of their salary arrears.
The workers were at their offices as early as 8:30 hours demanding to be addressed by Council officials.
A check by ZANIS found the workers who were in small number of less than 100 standing in front of the Council premises.
The workers representative were also found having a meeting in one of the Council offices.
And speaking in an interview, Zambia Union of Local Authority Workers (ZULAWU) Mansa Branch Secretary General, Peter Kaunda said the workers were protesting for payment of their salaries.
Mr. Kaunda said unionised workers at the local authority have not received their salaries for 10 months now.
He added that their counterparts from the hotel industry have also gone without salaries for 24 months.
Efforts to get a comment from the Town Clerk and the Council Chairman proved futile as they could not be reached by Press time.
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2 years and the other almost a year no salary. How do you work after one month no salary. That is why corruption is everywhere. I have only managed to get my title deeds from LCC for a house i bought in 2001. Kafwafa after kafwafa
It is PF to blame …..whatever the reason..we will find one
Is this another PF led council? …….
Council employees don’t really need to be paid as they already make more money than the Local Authority. There is rampant corruption and bribery in councils such that these employees can go on working at no pay without a worry in the world.
Anyway, the “fish rots from the head” so they should be paid their contractual dues before the next elections. The government should get the money withheld from Lusaka City Council and divert it to Mansa Council. This is proper accounting in Zed.
Sata didnt pay a worker,the stu.p.id mad dogs were saying probe into the matter, he is not a good leader blablabla,even the whole ministry of labour was involved.So i guess sata is to blame, he was was supposed to pay the workers.Who is going to investigate him this time….?am sure you take him to hague this time.Useless mmd mwanya.