Rössing Uranium has concluded negotiations for salary increments for the year 2022 and 2023 within a month of negotiating with the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) Rössing Branch Executive Committee (BEC).
The two-year salary agreement signed on Thursday, covers employees in the Bargaining Unit Grade 1 to 11 and L Band.
The agreement provides employees with a 4% increase in 2022 and 4% in 2023.
The parties also agreed to a once-off lump sum, which will be payable in December 2021 to Grade 1 to 11 employees.
Speaking at the signing of the agreement, Rössing Uranium’s Manager Employee Relations, Kondja Kaulinge, said, “the negotiations were undertaken in a mutually cooperative spirit with both parties sharing a common understanding of the challenges facing the business.â€
MUN Rössing Branch Acting Chairman, Stanslaus limbondi said, “this was not easy for us, especially going back to our members and for us to agree, but I am glad that we eventually reached a conclusion which was done through a voting process.â€
Rössing Uranium is a uranium miner majority owned by China National Uranium Corporation (CNUC).
CNUC inturn, is a subsidiary of state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), which is significantly involved in the nuclear fuel cycle supply chain in that country.