BCL wages deadlock finally resolved
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Mahupela
A statement from the mine’s general manager Daniel Mahupela noted that the wage dispute was settled on Monday this week. Both parties agreed on a six percent salary increase across the board on basic salaries for the employees on the job grades P1 to AO3 effective April 2014.
The 2014/2015 wage negotiations between the mine and the union had broken down after BMWU had rejected the Mine’s six percent offer, and instead demanded a 12 percent increase across the board.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...