Aggrieved employees of Zoomlion, a waste management and sanitation firm, in the Atebubu/Amantin Municipality of the Bono East Region have called on the government to intervene in the payment of their 20-month outstanding monthly salaries.

According to the employees, mostly women, despite their efforts to keep the towns and communities in the district clean, the company has failed to pay their monthly salaries, putting their families through economic difficulties.

Addressing a news conference at Atebubu, the Municipal capital, Madam Alice Osei, the spokesperson for the aggrieved employees, said the situation was even affecting their marriages, as they could no longer contribute to the upkeep of their respective families.

She said the employees had persistently “chase the payments” of their outstanding monthly salaries but to no avail, and appealed for urgent intervention from the government.

Mad Osei, also the Vegetable Queen at the Atebubu Market said: “some of us are also single mothers and we can’t even afford to pay our children’s school fees”.

“In fact, the surest way the company will listen to us and pay our monthly salaries and arrears is for the government to intervene because they have not shown any concern that they are sensitive to our plight”, she stated.

Madam Osei said despite their outstanding salary arrears, the employees still remained at post working to keep the environment clean.