ZCTU affiliates to merge


By Chali Mulenga
The unions that are affiliated to Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have resolved that they will soon start the process of merging in their sectors.
The union also resolved that there is need to respect the strong unions to lead the negotiations.
The resolutions by the ZCTU affiliates were made in Livingstone at new Fairmount hotel where a ZCTU workshop in collaboration with Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions which ended on Tuesday night.
ZCTU secretary general Roy Mwaba confirmed that the unions had resolved and agreed that they would merge as a way of having a strong voice.
He explained that the process would be looked into
And after the meeting some of unions spoken to namely, Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) General Secretary Geoffrey Simuntala confirmed that the unions had agreed on merging as the idea is good.
 Mr Simuntala explained that unions would have to lobby Government to put in place legislation to help reduce the formation of splinter unions.
  The secretary general said that he was hopeful that Government would be helpful to the unions as it comes with labour reforms the aspect of  having a lot of unions would be addressed.
Mr Simuntala said that his union is happy with the resolution that unions should merge but expressed concern that the legal frame work should be worked on the formation of unions.
 He said the merging is a good idea but there are critical issues which are legal in nature that needed to be sorted out.
“We need to address the critical issues as we know that merging would make the union have a strong voice,” he said.
Mr Simuntal said that the resolve to let the strong union lead is alos good as the unioins would have strong voice and more barraging power.
And  National Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers (NUCIW) general secretary Seth Paradza said that his union has been the pioneer of unity for the union it their particular sector.
 He said his union was very happy and that finally the only way to help the unions win the battle in the battle labour movement had come.
 He said that his union has been discussing with other union in the sector like the Zambia grain meat and allied workers and national plant and agriculture allied workers union.
“We have identified that workers in the same sector must be united and that the process of reuniting take long we are aware,” he said.
 “We want to now consult our members on how best to go about meeting with other unions,” he said.
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