Union against Debswana's 3% wage increase
Friday, July 06, 2018
BMWU this week held demonstrations in Letlhakane and Jwaneng where it argued that the three percent increment was confined to inflation only while other critical factors, which constitute the actual cost of living were not taken into consideration as emphasis was laid on the then ailing diamond market.
The union further argued that from the third quarter of 2017, the diamond market prices and the demand improved, hence why a significant increase in production was realised in Orapa and Jwaneng mines and the reopening of Damtshaa in the forth quarter of the same year.
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