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On Lilongwe’s Capital Hill — home to the presidency and over 20 ministries — workers rallied and blocked entrances with tree branches.
“All offices are closed and that means you can’t get any service whatsoever,” Elia Kamphinda Banda, president of the Civil Service Trade Union, said.
The strikers are demanding a salary review, just months after being granted a 21 percent pay hike.
“Malawi’s civil servants are lowly and poorly paid,” said Banda. “We are demanding a review of the salary structure otherwise we will continue our stay-away.”
Unions are asking that the strike be extended to workers in hospitals and other essential services so “ordinary people start feeling the pinch”. — AFP
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