Trade union leaders are pathetic
Editor,
THE way the law is being framed nowadays leaves much to be desired. For instance, slapping a 7-year jail sentence for disciplining my child is uncalled for! They called it “child battering...”
Listening to a police officer on radio this morning made me wonder if the legal fraternity has not been possessed by extra-terrestrial beings. Where can you even find space to load offenders for such a long period of time? Because even three months, for a father that wants the best for his child, would be too long a time to spend in jail - and as far as I’m concerned 6 hours for me would be forever under the circumstances. Surprisingly, I again hear on the radio from some northern country banning use of plastic carrier bags: a week later, Zambia also mounts a campaign against the same as if they originated the idea. The call is OK but the timing is bad! People have invested huge sums of money to procure bag manufacturing plants and to have to shut them down would not be economical. .And as far as moderate punishment is concerned, I’m for the idea. I would want my child disciplined.
EDWARD BWALYA. Dear Editor,
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Frederick Chiluba manE-dgietonre, ral of the Zambia CongTrheesswayoofppoTsitrioandepolitiUcanl iloeandesrs (ZCTU), it was true trade unioandiselmect.ions
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How can a reputable company like seMcGurity firms pay a meagre salaryLuosfakKa 800, Indian shops is less than K500, Chinese K800 ANDFlaYwOsU TaOppWoOinRtmK like like a slave?
AEt end of the day, the profitsI rsno aI lwiisllendot tgoivetmhyeinrame respective countries. This is shamthe fcuoulrtstocantnroatdseubsutintuitoe niti. sTmhereifonre, ZamAbctiiang. APrseslidoentg, eJuastriecegwiivll-ask en envelopes to shut them up all is wneoltlbteoswthorenmin.
We need strong and vabrant trade unions in this country not the present. We shall continue to denounce the trade unions until ouErditeomr,ployees are liberated from total slavery by these investGoirvsenwLuebhinadva ewhionhZavaemthbe iaab.ility Concerned Citizen, JULiIvUinSgstConHe.ILUFYA.