Unions join forces against another

In a curious development, two teachers unions have become unlikely bedfellows with the government against the Trainers and Allied Workers Union (TAWU).

TAWU issued a notice to sue last Thursday after government's approval of a new pay structure known as Levels of Approval (LoO) for the teaching service. Two weeks ago, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), Grace Muzila, announced that the government had resolved to adopt and implement the ministry's recommendations on LoO.