By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTRUCK drivers’ work stoppage will further disrupt the supply chain which has already been affected by Covid-19, says Zambia Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics president, Zindaba Soko.He said Zambia’s economy which depends on the transport sector would be negatively affected if the strike was allowed to take long.Mr Soko was commenting on the recent work stoppages by some truck drivers, who were protesting low salaries.He emphasised the need for Government to speed up the process of changing the category of truck drivers to professional from domestic workers.Mr Soko insisted that a Statutory Instrument (SI) should quickly be passed to categorise truck drivers in the professional level and not domestic.The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, he said, and all the affected parties needed to go to the table to agree on time lines as opposed to truck drivers going on work stoppage.He stressed that the drivers were responsible for imports and exports […]
‘Drivers’ strike disrupting supply chain’
