The Post report that the Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) and the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have agreed to work together in pushing the government on the labour law reform process.
The two unions met yesterday at Pre-Cem Motel Lusaka to discuss with their members on how to proceed in the law reform process after failing to agree with the government over some clauses in the amendment bill.
The labour movement and the government have differed over some clauses in the proposed labour bill with the unions accusing the government of taking the bill to parliament before it was agreed upon by all the stakeholders.
The labour movement is now calling for the withdrawal of the bill for further consultation.
FFTUZ president, Joyce Nonde said it was not democratic for the government to try and impose a law on the workers. "Yes we know they are in power and they are using their numbers in parliament, but that is not the way laws are formulated. So we still expect them to come back to the round table and reason with us, not the way they have done it," she said.
Nonde said the FFTUZ had realised the need for unity within the labour movement, saying that workers had the same problems. And ZCTU president Leonard Hikaumba hoped that the government would listen to the workers, saying there was no need to keep quarrelling as it affected production.
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