Country Club workers to strike

WORKERS at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort (WCCR) are scheduled to go on strike today.The Acting Secretary General of the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau), Kiros Sackarias, said that WCCR management had been notified of the strike.

He said the workers would only return to work when their demands are met. The workers are demanding that the company pay them a backdated salary increase and housing allowance.Last week, WCCR General Manager Tony Boucher said the company could not afford to give workers the back-pay it had offered them earlier this year.After lengthy wage negotiations that started in January this year, the union accepted an offer of a N$100 salary increase and a N$50 housing allowance, backdated to March.The workers are demanding that the company pay them a backdated salary increase and housing allowance.Last week, WCCR General Manager Tony Boucher said the company could not afford to give workers the back-pay it had offered them earlier this year.After lengthy wage negotiations that started in January this year, the union accepted an offer of a N$100 salary increase and a N$50 housing allowance, backdated to March.