Country Club hotel workers to strike

EMPLOYEES at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort (WCCR) have voted in favour of industrial action, the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) has announced.

Nafau’s Acting Secretary General, Kiros Sackarias, told a press conference in Windhoek yesterday that the union would inform WCCR of the intended action in terms of the Labour Act. After protracted salary negotiations that started in January, the union last month settled for a N$100 salary increase and a N$50 housing allowance, backdated to March.The union claims that the workers have not received their back-pay.In a ballot called by the union, 156 workers voted in favour of industrial and only three voted against, Sackarias said.WCCR General Manager T Boucher could not be reached for comment.After protracted salary negotiations that started in January, the union last month settled for a N$100 salary increase and a N$50 housing allowance, backdated to March.The union claims that the workers have not received their back-pay.In a ballot called by the union, 156 workers voted in favour of industrial and only three voted against, Sackarias said.WCCR General Manager T Boucher could not be reached for comment.