2-year retroactive salary increases for BOSAI employees

…as company signs MoU with NAACIE

Employees of the BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc will be receiving increases in wages and salaries for the periods of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 and April 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

Facilitated by the Labour Ministry, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the bauxite company and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE).
“After seeing reports of the company’s employees taking strike action last month, the Ministry swiftly intervened and engaged both the union and the company. A meeting was held on October 22, 2021, and at that meeting, proposals were made by the Chief Labour Officer to bring the strike action to an end. This then saw the signing of a Terms of Resumption agreement between the parties,” a statement from the Ministry indicated.
The Labour Ministry engaged the management of the company and NAACIE representatives.
The meeting was convened by Chief Labour Officer Dhaneshwar Deonarine, and proposals were adduced to bring the strike action to an end. The Union responded positively, and agreed with the tabled proposal and to call off the strike.
Additionally, a statement posted on the Labour Ministry’s social media page related that a Terms of Resumption (ToR) agreement was signed between the parties. Among the terms are that the Union shall call off the strike with immediate effect; the Union undertakes to ensure that there is full resumption by October 23; there shall be no victimisation by either party; and the status quo ante shall remain.
A number of employees had downed tools on October 21 over what they described as “unsatisfactory” across-the-board increases in wages and salaries. The employees had claimed the company had agreed to pay a 5.5 percent increase, which is a decrease from last year, which saw them taking home 6.5 percent. The employees had dubbed the move as unfair, and had called for an increase of between 8.5 and 10 percent.
At the signing of the MoU, the company was represented by General Manager Eric Yu, Human Resources Manager Truedel Marks, Chief Engineer Orin Barnwell, and Chief Security Officer John Domer; while the Union was represented by General Secretary (ag) Karren Mapp, General President (ag) Bernard Crawford, and Junior Vice President Whitney Graham. (G2)