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Fresh factory strike looms
MASERU – SIX trade unions say they will down tools next Friday to press Labour Minister Moshe Leoma to gazette a new minimum wage for factory workers.
The strike will be a follow-up to one they held two weeks ago in the Thetsane Industrial Area where three workers were shot and injured by the riot police.
The unions say they will petition Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro and Leoma to address their grievances.
Speaking at a press conference in Maseru on Tuesday, , who is the Secretary General of the National Clothing Textile and Allied Workers Union (NACTWU), said they will not back off until their grievances are addressed.
Three injured in factory protests
MASERU-THREE factory workers were injured during violent clashes with the police in the Thetsane industrial area yesterday.
The workers were later admitted at Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital.
The police ordered the demonstrators to disperse after they began pelting buildings with stones. They later fired rubber bullets and teargas at the workers.
The workers were demanding a 20 percent salary raise.
They said they were not happy that Labour Minister Moshe Leoma had approved a three percent bump on their wages.
The workers began singing peacefully in the Thetsane industrial area on Monday. The protest however turned violent the next day.
Nurses give Majoro seven-day ultimatum
MASERU-NURSES at government hospitals this week gave Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro a seven-day ultimatum to address their grievances or they will “take drastic measures” against the government.
They did not specify what measures they will take if their concerns are not heeded.
The Lesotho Nurses Association (LNA) handed the letter to the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Kemiso Mosenene, in Maseru on Tuesday.
They also demanded that striking nurses and nursing assistants at Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital who are now facing disciplinary action should also not be victimised.
“Because of the urgency of the grievances aforementioned, Lesotho Nurses Association recommends government of Lesotho to address these issues as a matter of urgency (within seven days),” their letter reads in part.