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Copper
Posted: Wed, 05 Sep 2007
[miningmx.com] -- A huge consignment of Zambian copper destined for export is stuck in transit following a three-week strike by unionized employees of the Tanzania-Zambia Railways (Tazara), officials on Wednesday told Reuters.
Tresphore Chileshe, the president of the Workers Union of Tazara-Zambia (WUTAZ), told the news wire that 1,400 striking workers had refused to return to work, forcing management officials to drive cargo trains carrying copper to the port of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania.
Workers are demanding a pay hike of $208 per month across the board, while management has offered no increase, Chileshe said. Lowest paid workers at Tazara earn $100 per month.
"It is a difficult situation, and we hope management will offer something. We have a meeting at the Tazara headquarters in Dar-Es-Salaam this Friday and we hope we can resolve this impasse," Reuters said, citing
Chileshe.
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