Following negotiations, the management of bauxite company Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated (BMGGI) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) have signed an agreement for a 6.5 per cent across-the-board increase for wages and salaries for employees of the privately owned company.
According to information coming from BMGGI, the agreement, which was signed on Wednesday at the Social Protection Ministry, was arrived at following five months of intense discussions.
General Manager Robert Shang signs the agreement in the presence of BMGGI and NACCIE representatives
The increase includes allowances for meals, vacation as well as retirement benefits. The Memorandum of Agreement was signed by members of both delegations and endorsed by Lydia Greene, Chief Labour Officer (Acting), Labour Ministry, in the presence of the Junior Social Protection and Labour Minister Keith Scott and Consultant Francis Carryl.
BMGGI and NAACIE had commenced discussions on a new wages and salaries agreement along with other benefits on May 17. BMGGI management in a statement said it hoped to see improved productivity and a better working relationship between the parties. Signing on behalf of BMGGI were General Manager Robert Shang, Accounting Superintendent Andy Hao, Senior Personnel Officer Truedel Marks and Assistant Shamekia Barrow. Signing on behalf of NAACIE were General Secretary Kenneth Joseph, President Linnell Warden, Vice President Neptrid Hercules, Secretary Aggrey Darlington and Committee Members Cedric Dover and Mark Louis.
In August, BMGGI employees had staged a protest over what they described as the slothfulness of negotiations, indicating that they were seeking an across-the-board increase of at least nine per cent.
