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Zambia: Liato summons KCM, MUZ over outsourcing of work LAB
LABOUR and Social Security Minister Austin Liato has summoned the management of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) to try and resolve the impasse between the two organisations.
And Zambia Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) president Leonard Hikaumba has said the outsourcing scheme by KCM disadvantages workers and that it should be halted.
Mr Liato said yesterday in Lusaka that he had summoned the two parties to his office for a meeting today so that they could resolve the problem.
“I have summoned management of KCM and MUZ to my office for a meeting tomorrow (today) so that we can find out what is happening and a solution to the problem.
Mr Hikaumba said there was need for a clear guidance on how the outsourcing can be done.
“There is no regulation to regulate outsourcing. Under this arrangement, workers are disadvantaged because this is not provided for in the conditions of service,” he said.
The outsourcing scheme was unfair to the workers and that Government should immediately find a solution. He said Government should find a solution to the problem because it was growing by the day.
Some KCM workers were planning to conduct peaceful demonstrations over the continued outsourcing of key activities by the mining giant.
Nchanga Member of Parliament (MP) Wylbur Simusa yesterday appealed to the Government to end the impasse between KCM and MUZ.