The bus strike‚ which has left thousands of people across the country having to find alternate transport for the past four weeks‚ will continue. This was the dire outcome of the latest round of negotiations between unions and employees. The offer‚ which included a 9% wage increase for year one‚ an 8% increase for year two and various allowances‚ was to have kicked in from the date of signing the agreement‚ which would have been Friday‚ April 11. It was this date clause that led to the offer being "overwhelmingly" rejected. In a joint statement on Friday‚ five unions said: "We have consulted our members from all the regions in different parts of the country. Our members have overwhelmingly rejected this offer. "This is because the employers in the sector refuse to backdate the agreement to be applicable on the 1st of April 2018. The general practice in any sector when on a strike is that the agreement is backdated to reflect the date when the new wage agreement is supposed to take ef...
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