Mass demos over wage freeze will go nowhere- Saunders

Political activist Dante Saunders has charged that unions in the country are toothless and that threats by the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions to organize mass demonstrations over the wage freeze will go nowhere.

Mr. Saunders says if the unions were serious about their threats they would have simply gone ahead with their demonstration without informing the government.

He adds that even if the unions were to succeed in their push for the wage freeze to be lifted and workers awarded a pay rise, it will be the politicians who will get the bigger chunk of the increments.

Mr. Saunders says this is evident from what has happened in the past were constitutional office holders have benefited more from increments in the public service.

He says this is why he personally believes that some politicians are actually hiding behind the trade unions to push for their own agenda to have a pay rise.

Mr Saunders says this is especially that Parliamentarians themselves have indicated that they want a pay rise.