Air Namibia has averted a strike when it agreed to increase workers’ salaries by 6,4%, backdated to 1 April 2013.
A statement on the salaries’ and substantive agreement between Air Namibia and the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Natau) given to the media on Wednesday indicated that the payment of the difference in percentages will be from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
“Payment in this regard will be effected with the March 2014 salaries. The additional increment agreed shall be calculated on total cost-to-company, and the cash component of the increment (excluding employment benefits) shall be applied to the basic salary component,” it explained.
The increment excluded employees who were on temporary/short-duration contracts, but were recently appointed on long-term contracts. They will, however, be eligible for the 2014 increments as and when those are agreed on.
This agreement shall finalise the negotiations for the 2013/14 financial year.
Last week, Natau called a strike at Air Namibia if management did not reconsider its position of a 6,4% total-cost-to-company increase, a request made for union members since March 2013.
The negotiations reached a deadlock on 18 November 2013, and workers were issued a certificate of unresolved dispute from the Office of the Labour Commissioner in that regard.
Natau had proposed a seven percent, as well as a nine per cent salary increment to Air Namibia management, to be implemented as from 1 April 2014.
The parties held a meeting on 13 February 2014, where management made a request to Natau to forego the 2013 negotiations and consider fresh 2014 salary negotiations.
A statement on the salaries’ and substantive agreement between Air Namibia and the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Natau) given to the media on Wednesday indicated that the payment of the difference in percentages will be from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
“Payment in this regard will be effected with the March 2014 salaries. The additional increment agreed shall be calculated on total cost-to-company, and the cash component of the increment (excluding employment benefits) shall be applied to the basic salary component,” it explained.
The increment excluded employees who were on temporary/short-duration contracts, but were recently appointed on long-term contracts. They will, however, be eligible for the 2014 increments as and when those are agreed on.
This agreement shall finalise the negotiations for the 2013/14 financial year.
Last week, Natau called a strike at Air Namibia if management did not reconsider its position of a 6,4% total-cost-to-company increase, a request made for union members since March 2013.
The negotiations reached a deadlock on 18 November 2013, and workers were issued a certificate of unresolved dispute from the Office of the Labour Commissioner in that regard.
Natau had proposed a seven percent, as well as a nine per cent salary increment to Air Namibia management, to be implemented as from 1 April 2014.
The parties held a meeting on 13 February 2014, where management made a request to Natau to forego the 2013 negotiations and consider fresh 2014 salary negotiations.
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