Placido Hilukilwa A NEW minimum wage for construction workers, agreed upon by the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (MANWU) and the Construction Industries Federation (CIF) last year, was published in the Government Gazette (Number 8326) of 13 March and came into effect on the same day. The new minimum wage for the construction industry...
RÖSSING Uranium and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) have reached a three-year wage agreement for 639 union members in Grades 1 to 11 and L Band. The agreement was signed last Thursday and provides Grade 1 to 11 and L-Band employees with a 7% increase in 2024, 6% in 2025 and 6% in 2026....
The Namibian government, in collaboration with the Namibia National Teachers Union (NANTU) and the Namibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU), has inked a comprehensive collective agreement on salary and conditions of employment. This pact promises to bring about economic relief for public workers who have been going through financial hardships. One of the central pillars of...
Labour, industrial relations and employment creation minister Utoni Nujoma says the ministry has submitted a proposal for the long-awaited national minimum wage (NMW) of N$18 per hour to the Labour Advisory Council. Speaking at the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union’s (Nafau) 11th elective congress at Rietfontein on Friday, Nujoma expressed optimism about completing the...
OTJIWARONGO: Whale Rock Cement, trading as Cheetah Cement Factory on Friday announced a wage agreement deal it signed with its employees at the factory situated outside Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa Region. The cement factory in a media statement on Friday indicated that during the negotiations the employees were represented by the Mineworkers Union of Namibia...
The Construction Industries Federation (CIF) and the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) have agreed on an increase in the minimum wage payable to workers in Namibia’s construction sector. This will come into force once the signed collective agreement between the CIF and Manwu is published in the Government Gazette. The increase in the...
The Construction Industries Federation and the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union have reached an agreement on a new minimum wage for specific categories of workers in the construction sector, entailing a 5% increase in the first year and an additional 4% increment in the second year. Here is CIF chief executive officer Bärbel Kirchner. The...
In a landmark move towards ensuring fair compensation and improved benefits for its workforce, Whale Rock Cement (trading as Cheetah Cement) and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) this week successfully concluded a wage agreement covering the financial years 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. The Recognition and Procedural Agreement, signed on 17 October, lays the foundation for...