Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli addresses the media at a past event. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]
The Central Organisation of Trade Unions has reached out to the National Super Alliance (NASA) to consider its boycott call on products by some companies.
Through secretary general Francis Atwoli, the union said the move was dangerous and would hurt workers.
“As workers, we are appealing to the Nasa leadership to consider that stand on the boycott in order to save jobs and create more employment for youth who are leaving our institutions,” he said.
He added that some 100,000 jobs were likely to be lost in the event that NASA followers listened to Raila.
“Cotu’s economic and research department findings indicate that because of Raila’s influence on Kenyans across the country, the boycott on those basic commodities including Safaricom’s services, Kenya stands to lose between 70,000 and 100,000 jobs and that is why we are appealing to the NASA leadership to rethink that call,” he said on Monday.