CBU lecturers vow to fight on

By ROGERS KALEROTHE protest by the Copperbelt University (CBU) lecturers over a four percent salary increment is this week expected to escalate after last Thursday’s meeting with management hit a “Brick Wall” following management’s decision to offer them an additional one percent.The management at CBU had invited the Copperbelt University Academicians Union (CBUAU) to a meeting and offered them an additional one percent to the four percent which the union had earlier rejected.The union said the decision by management to offer an additional one percent to the protesting lecturers was a mockery especially at a time when the prices of essential commodities are expected to sky-rocket following the increased prices of fuelCBUAU General Secretary Willie Ngosa said the protest by the lecturers over a mediocre five percent salary increment was expected to escalate this week because the meeting between the union and management last week had failed to meet the demands of the lecturersMr Ngosa […]