Mon, 29 May 2017 12:39:49 +0000 ANY right-thinking person would be suspicious of the so-called “Black Friday” campaign being launched by the Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) allegedly to persuade Government to address challenges local authorities are facing in the country. We, too, are suspicious of the motive of the crusade where local authority workers in the whole republic will be required to wear black T-shirts every Friday of the week to advance their cause. This is because we are not aware of any dispute between Government and council employees. If fact what we are aware of is that Government, on its own and without any persuasion by anybody, decided to put all categories of local authorities’ workers on Government payroll so that they receive their salaries on time and regularly just as civil servants do. This was in response to complaints by council employees that some local authorities were failing to meet […]
