COTU accuses employers' body of denying them annual increment

Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli fired shots at FKE Executive Director Jackline Mugo for advising the Government against the increment; against the wishes of the workers. (Photo: Moses Omusula/Standard)

Workers' representatives have accused the private sector and employers of lobbying Government to deny them a wage increment.

The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) claimed that the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) and the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa) influenced the Government's decision not to increase the minimum wage.