NSSF staff threaten to go on strike as salary talks stall

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• The NSSF staff blamed management for stalling talks aimed at increasing their pay by 20 per cent.

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Workers at the National Social Security Fund have threatened to go on strike on Tuesday next week to press for higher salaries

The NSSF staff blamed management for stalling talks aimed at increasing their pay by 20 per cent.

The unionisable employees gave the management an ultimatum and blame them for the stalled collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations that are aimed at ensuring the workers’ salaries are increased.

The Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers issued a 14- day strike notice on January 7.

“The management continues to buy time by adjourning meetings to iron out grievances raised by workers,” said the union’s industry relations officer John Owiyo. They said consultations with the board of trustees has not resolved the stalemate.

“Given the economic difficulties facing workers, the CBA need to be negotiated and concluded expeditiously,” read a section of the strike notice letter that was signed by the union’s secretary-general Boniface Kavuvi.