source: allAfrica
New Era (Windhoek)
9 May 2008
Posted to the web 9 May 2008
Desie Heita
Windhoek
The Mineworkers Union of Namibia has given Skorpion Zinc Mine notice of an industrial stayaway effective today at midnight.
Skorpion Zinc Mine has been locked in negotiations with the Mineworkers
Union of Namibia (MUN) over wages and salary increments since April 21.
“We have received the notice of strike and obviously we are doing everything we can to avert the strike,” spokesperson for Skorpion Zinc, Usi //Hoebeb, said yesterday.
Negotiators for the mine management and the union failed to reach consensus on their own and went to a conciliation board on April 29 and 30.
Arbitration by the Namibian Labour Commissioner failed, leading to the call for a strike. MUN members make up nearly three-quarters of Skorpion Zinc’s 650-strong workforce. Anglo Base Metal owns the Skorpion Zinc mine.
Yesterday, the two parties held a meeting in Windhoek to [continue reading]
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