{"id":272114,"date":"2019-07-04T12:24:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T10:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=272114"},"modified":"2019-07-04T12:24:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T10:24:06","slug":"public-servants-demand-salary-increments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=272114","title":{"rendered":"Public servants demand salary increments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Zorena Jantze<br \/>\nTHE Namibia National Teacher Union (NANTU) and Namibia Public Workers union has filed a dispute of interest with the office of the Labour Commissioner in hopes of getting a favourable ruling that will see salary increments of all public servants across the board after the union has been turned down by state on numerous occasions.<br \/>\nSpeaking at media briefing, Basilius Haingura, secretary general of NANTU stated that the two unions have been engaging with Government Negotiation Team (GNT) on the improvements of salaries and fringe benefits for civil servants for 2018\/19\/29 and 2020\/21 financial years.<br \/>\nHaingura stated that the first meeting was held on 14 March 2018 however the government\u2019s negotiating team did not provide any counter offers to the union\u2019s proposal in writing as a procedural matter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272116\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-272116 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66005191_2327892773944336_5723518417021960192_n-e1562235740479.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66005191_2327892773944336_5723518417021960192_n-e1562235740479.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66005191_2327892773944336_5723518417021960192_n-e1562235740479-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Basilius Haingura, secretary general of NANTU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The second negotiation meeting took place on 5th July 2018. During the deliberation the government was unable to make a counter offer due to the \u201cunfavourable economic situation\u201d which is prevailing in the country.<br \/>\n\u201cThe unions considered critically the government\u2019s position and it was on this basis that the unions gave government a breathing space by agreeing to no increment for the 2018\/19 financial year. The parties continued to engage for the two remaining financial years 2019\/20. During the third meeting which was held on 5 December 2018, the unions were expecting the government to present its counter offer on the two remaining financial years. However, it turns out that the government negotiation team did not obtain further mandate to negotiate. This is very unfair to the unions and is tantamount to negotiating in bad faith\u201d Haingura said.<br \/>\nHaingura added that on 8 April 2019, during the fourth sitting, the government still could not provide unions with any counter despite the fact that the unions have restructured their proposal.<br \/>\nHe added that as a result of this four failed meetings, a deadlock was reached and an internal dispute was declared with the Office of the Prime Minister on 12 April 2019.<br \/>\nAfter being given a 30 day period, there was still no action taken.<br \/>\nHaingura stated that the parties met again during the meeting of 5 June 2019 but government\u2019s position remains unchanged.<br \/>\n\u201cConsidering the timeframe that has lapsed, the unions were left with no other options but rather to file a dispute of interest with the office of the Labour commissioner. The dispute was registered on 18 June 2019. The unions are expecting the Office of the Labour Commissioner to invite the two parties with 30 days to resolve the matter through a process of conciliation as provided by the Labour Act No.11 of 2007\u201d Haingura said.<\/p>\n<!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zorena Jantze THE Namibia National Teacher Union (NANTU) and Namibia Public Workers union has filed a dispute of interest with the office of the Labour Commissioner in hopes of getting a favourable ruling that will see salary increments of all public servants across the board after the union has been turned down by state on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":272117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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