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<v Speaker 1>On This Day and Working Class History the twenty fifth

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<v Speaker 1>of January film and on the twenty fifth of January

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two, over five hundred workers at the Dangote

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<v Speaker 1>Industry Zambia cement plant near Endola launched a wildcat strike

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<v Speaker 1>demanding a pay increase. The workers, who were subcontractors employed

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<v Speaker 1>by Cylonda Engineering, had been offered a fifteen per cent

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<v Speaker 1>pay increase, but instead they demanded an increase in their

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<v Speaker 1>monthly minimum wage from one thousand quatcha up to two thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred quatcha. The strike ended on the twenty eighth

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<v Speaker 1>of January when the employer agreed to increase all workers'

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<v Speaker 1>wages by one thousand quacha.

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<v Speaker 2>And the sources maps and all of our anniversaries each day.

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<v Speaker 1>Check out the on this Day section of our stories

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<v Speaker 1>at at stories stop Workingclasshistory.

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<v Speaker 2>you tomorrow.