Primi Eatery Staff Down Tools

Monday, July 07, 2008

Kitchen staff at a busy Primi Piatti restaurant in Gaborone downed tools on Friday morning over alleged poor working conditions.

The visibly irate group said that they have no rights as workers, that they are not paid overtime and have only one day-off during the week.

The group of 19 kitchen workers told Monitor that after they started the boycott, demanding improved conditions of service, they have been replaced with Zimbabwean migrant employees.

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