Workers at Marcopolo Tiles, a Chinese-run tile manufacturing company located along Mungwi Road in Lusaka West, yesterday staged a protest over unpaid arrears, low salaries, and management’s failure to renew their employment contracts since November 2024. The protest, which started around 07:30 hours, saw dozens of employees downing tools and vowing not to resume work until management assured them of a 10 percent salary increment and payment of overdue balances which were promised to them last year. Despite eventually returning to work within the plant, workers warned that they would not hesitate to protest again if the promises are not fulfilled by month-end. “The problem started last year in November when our previous contracts expired. Since then, we haven’t signed...
