Malawi - Union leaders suspended for asking for cost of living adjustment (2012)

At the beginning of August the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) suspended Escom Staff Union president Oscar Chimwezi and general secretary Kondwani Kazembe for “spreading false information”. In their letter dated 28 July they urged management to implement the cost of living adjustment that they had promised to pay as of 1 July. They also noted that ESCOM staff had not had a salary adjustment for four years.