Sunday, June 7, 2026

Time’s up!

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The clock is no longer ticking on the National Union of Public Workers’ (NUPW) threat of industrial action. Time’s up.

The top brass of the union revealed they were ready to make good on a promise of action as a result of Government’s failure to respond to their requests to conclude salary negotiations by yesterday.

Following a lengthy prayer session to start the action “right”, the NUPW announced the move, but remained tight-lipped on just how it would unfold.

“The mandate from the general membership and [national] council is that we conclude salary negotiations [yesterday]. So we are prepared to do whatever is necessary until we can conclude salary negotiations,” president Akanni McDowall said. (AD)

Please read the full story in today’s Daily Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

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