Atwoli Fires Warning to Employers Over Salaries
The warning comes after civil servants working for independent commissions issued a 14-day strike notice over the failure by the SRC to award them salary adjustments...
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COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has issued a strong warning to employers regarding salary delays and failure to honour collective bargaining agreements, threatening a boycott of this year's Labour Day celebrations.
- Employers delaying salary adjustments and Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) risk exclusion from the Labour Day event on May 1 in Vihiga County.
- The warning comes from Francis Atwoli, Secretary General of COTU, directed at the Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE) and other private sector entities.
- Atwoli also accused some companies of tax evasion through shell entities, while public sector workers are demanding wage increases of 20-50%.
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