Union, Grand Palm settle for 6% salary increase
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
The two parties have been at loggerheads since January 27, 2016 and reached an agreement last Thursday. The union had initially tabled a 15 percent salary increase across the board while the employer had countered that with six percent.
It also demanded that the employer should provide a 75 percent medical aid cover as well as introduce a 10 percent night shift allowance.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...