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Kenya: Ports Workers Threaten to Strike
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The East African Standard (Nairobi)
7 May 2008
Posted to the web 7 May 2008
Patrick Beja
Nairobi
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) employees have threatened to go on strike unless a salary dispute is resolved.
Dock Workers Union Secretary-General, Mr Simon Sang, said he had written to the Labour minister, Mr John Munyes, seeking his intervention following a deadlock in the negotiations with KPA.
There has been a standoff since February 20 when workers demanded a salary increase of between 47 and 74 per cent. They also want house allowance doubled.
On its part, KPA has offered a 20 per cent salary increase. Recently, KPA and the union locked horns over the introduction of a seven-day work schedule that would make Saturday and Sunday working days.
This was, however, suspended following confusion at the port.
Sang said the union had issued a 21-day notice to their employer in accordance with the Trade Relations Act.
"We have exhausted avenues for negotiations and sought the intervention of the Ministry of Labour," he said.
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He says the difference between the lowest paid management staff and a union member ranged from 112 to 147 per cent, adding that this was against labour laws.
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