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ZCTU Monze wants Hikaumba, Mwaba out

ZCTU Monze wants Hikaumba, Mwaba out
By Chiwoyu Sinyangwe
Tue 29 Nov. 2011, 13:20 CAT

ZAMBIA Congress of Trade Unions members need to clean up all corners of the congress by removing all ineffective leaders, says the Monze branch. ZCTU members in the Southern Province town have joined growing calls for ZCTU president Leonard Hikaumba and secretary general Roy Mwaba to resign.

ZCTU Monze chairperson Foster Matakala and secretary Rays Mwansa in a jointly signed statement described the union mother body as "non-functional" despite its affiliates contributing a lot of money monthly.

The statement was a resolution of the minutes of the ZCTU meeting recently held in Monze

"The leadership has given ZCTU President Leonard Hikaumba and Secretary General Roy Mwaba to resign because they are a sellout to the workers," according to the e-mailed statement.

"They don't represent any worker but themselves and their families. Hikaumba and Roy Mwaba used to dine with MMD officials at the expense of bargaining for good conditions of service and better salaries for the workers."

ZCTU Monze also stated that Mwaba and Hikaumba should not be part of the negotiating team for next year's collective agreement.

"What can they negotiate for when they are getting hefty salaries and allowances when the majority of the workers have lived in poverty?" wondered the union officials.

"They were campaigning for MMD in the 2011 general elections and the PF government has kept quiet on the issue of union leadership campaigning for a political party when they are supposed to remain neutral."

The Monze workers stated that ZCTU was even failing to rent offices in districts when it had a lot of money from the affiliates.

"The union in the past five years has not been representing its membership because the leaders only wanted to fatten their pockets," they charged.

"We request the government to consider opening negotiations. Let the government look into the plight of the workers by giving them a good deal," stated ZCTU Monze.

Labels: LEONARD HIKAUMBA, MONZE, ROY MWABA, ZCTU

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