{"id":304494,"date":"2021-05-26T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T12:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=304494"},"modified":"2021-05-26T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T12:44:32","slug":"nbc-strike-finally-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=304494","title":{"rendered":"NBC strike finally over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EMPLOYEES of the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) today decided to abandon the national strike demanding salary increases and return to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The strike, which started in April, is regarded as the longest strike yet at the national broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Employees were demanding an 8% pay rise and an increase in transport, accommodation and medical aid allowances.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They were also demanding better working conditions and that contract labour practices be abolished at NBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC-strike-finally-over-1024x462.jpg\" alt=\"Namibia Broadcasting Corporation NBC abandon strike salary work\" class=\"wp-image-304495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC-strike-finally-over-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC-strike-finally-over-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC-strike-finally-over-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC-strike-finally-over-650x293.jpg 650w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC-strike-finally-over.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today, a meeting between the workers and the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) concluded that contract workers are to be employed permanently.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed was by NBC shop steward, Ihana Mbaha, who added that no agreement has been reached regarding salary increases.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He further added that an agreement was reached by parties involved to end the strike and return to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mbaha concluded that a majority of striking employees did not receive their May salaries, while a few people received as little as N$105 and N$200 in salaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter \u00a0 EMPLOYEES of the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) today decided to abandon the national strike demanding salary increases and return to work. \u00a0 The strike, which started in April, is regarded as the longest strike yet at the national broadcaster. \u00a0 Employees were demanding an 8% pay rise and an increase in transport, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":304495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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