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“Trade Union is a very important organisation whose main aim is to bring industrial peace at a workplace.  A place that does not hold talks with its workforce is not a healthy environment. Management should be able to engage the workforce for their contributions.” Those words were said by the president of Hotel Food Processing […]

IUF women’s project is changing lives at the working place. Adaine Kazembe the vice general secretary of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers Union Malawi said this during the National Project Coordinating Committee meeting held at Chilembwe Lodge on Saturday 1st July 2023. She said as women at the workplace they were facing challenges like sexual

Reserve Bank of Malawi who are the pension administrators in the country are holding pension awareness meetings in the country for Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) affiliates. These meetings have started today in Blantyre at Victoria Hotels, in Lilongwe at Simama Hotel and in Zomba at Mango Lodge. At each meeting about 50 people

HFPCWU – Hotel food processing and catering workers union today held a gender awareness meeting at Crossroads Lilongwe.  The workshop is for two days. The workshop has attracted 24 participants from the branches of HFPCWU in Lilongwe. The leader facilitator at the workshop is the gender activist who is also the deputy education officer at

The vice general secretary of Hotel Food Processing and Catering Workers Union has delivered a very powerful speech at the on going 28th IUF congress being held in Geneva. Speaking from Geneva comrade Mopholoso the IUF Africa regional coordinator for all agriculture projects hailed the speech made by comrade Jane Mwase. Find below the full

A shopstewards training is underway in Mzuzu at Grand Palace Hotel in Mzuzu. The training  has attracted participants from all HFPCWU branches in Mzuzu and Nkhata Bay.  The training will run from 14th June to  15th June 2023. The training is being facilitated by comrade Zione Nyirenda, Emmanuel Pindani and Regional labour officer for the

Enjoy the IUF 28th Congress in pictures and videos

International Union for Food women’s conference has started in Geneva. It will run from 10th June 2023 to 11th June 2023. The women’s conference is the for runner which takes place before the Congress. At the congress is where they elect leaders to run the organization for four (4) years. Currently the candidates who have

On Wednesday 31st May Hotel Food Processing and Catering Workers (HFPCWU) led by its president Kelvin Chifunda meet officials of Workers Union for Coca-Cola Malawi (WUCOM) at HFPCWU secretariat.  WOCOM was led by its president Joey Matondolo. The meeting was called by HFPCWU to see if the two unions can work together in the sector.

The Tripartite Labour Advisory council meeting is underway in Lilongwe. The Tripartite labour council is meeting of Government – ministry of labour, the employer representative and employee representative bodies which meet to discuss issues affecting employment. Hot at this meeting will be the issue of minimum wage which has lost its power due to dwindling