Namdeb and MUN seal wage deal

THE Namdeb Diamond Corporation has concluded a wage agreement with the Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia (MUN).

MUN represents about 70 per cent of Namdeb’s total workforce of 3 000. Namdeb spokesperson Ailly Hangula-Paulino said the agreement, which was signed by the two parties on Friday, covered A1 to C2 categories of mainly blue-collar workers.The employees’ guaranteed wages in the A and B categories will increase by 7,5 per cent, while the performance-based portion of their pay will increase by 0,5 per cent.For C grade employees, guaranteed pay will increase by seven per cent and performance-based pay by one per cent.The increases were backdated to April 1 this year.In a joint statement, Namdeb’s Group Human Resources Manager Percy McCallum and MUN Shop Steward Elifas Iita expressed their satisfaction with the outcome of the negotiations.They said the one year deal struck a balance between the business imperatives of Namdeb and the interests of its employees in a tough economic situation.Namdeb spokesperson Ailly Hangula-Paulino said the agreement, which was signed by the two parties on Friday, covered A1 to C2 categories of mainly blue-collar workers.The employees’ guaranteed wages in the A and B categories will increase by 7,5 per cent, while the performance-based portion of their pay will increase by 0,5 per cent.For C grade employees, guaranteed pay will increase by seven per cent and performance-based pay by one per cent.The increases were backdated to April 1 this year.In a joint statement, Namdeb’s Group Human Resources Manager Percy McCallum and MUN Shop Steward Elifas Iita expressed their satisfaction with the outcome of the negotiations.They said the one year deal struck a balance between the business imperatives of Namdeb and the interests of its employees in a tough economic situation.

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