Mc-cloud "Robbz" Katjizeu
The Namibian sun has just risen!
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NBC caves in to demands DENVER ISAACSTHE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) yesterday agreed to pay striking employees a six per cent salary increase they were promised last year, as well as a nine per cent back payment outstanding since 2003. |
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NBC workers across the country downed tools on Tuesday, calling for not only the increase, but also the resignation of Director General Bob Kandetu and the NBC management, who they accused of incompetence. The charge was made despite Kandetu and the new board being able to reduce the State-run broadcaster's longstanding and hefty debt. After a day and half in the sun, workers were informed late yesterday morning that the NBC would grant them the increase, but on condition that they returned to work by 12h00 yesterday at the latest. Workers however, along with their shop stewards council and union representatives, demanded that the money first be paid into their accounts before they returned to work. "We met with them at the office of the Labour Commissioner, and they informed us of their proposal. We said we agreed with it in principle, but that we'd first have to speak to the workers," Kennedy Onesmus, Chairperson of the shop stewards council told The Namibian yesterday. Workers, he said, feared that as soon as they returned to work, management could possibly backtrack as had happened over the past few years. Source: www.namibian.com.na |
