Zoomlion Workers Up In Arms

·    Over 6 Months’ Unpaid Salary

Story: W.K. Adusu

Workers of the Ghana’s Waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, La Dade Kotopon (LaDMA) branch, are up in arms. They are angry at the Company for holding on to their five and six (6) months’ pay.

The workers, majority of whom are women have been cladding in red-band and were bitter about the manner in which the Company was treating matters of their welfare.

Some of them, who were shedding tears, said it is sad the company does not regard them as human beings working for it.

According to them, they also have children who are in school, and now that schools have resumed after vacation, they would have to pay fees and buy books for their wards; yet, the Zoomlion company is refusing to pay them their money for 5 and 6 months’ now.  

With insults and curses on the management of the Zoomlion; and their immediate boss at the LaDMA, who is only known as Mr. Kpanja, they posed a number of questions demanding answers for them.

They disclosed that they take Gh¢100.00 each person as their monthly salary; and queried that since the company has refused all this long to pay them what does the Company expect them (workers) to eat, wear, and in some cases, to pay transport fare with to get to their work places to perform their duties.

The workers numbering over 300 converged at the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly; demanding for their full pay and not one month out of 5 or 6 months the Company owes them. They say they need everything to enable them settle their debts they also owe people out there.