COTU: Increase in minimum wage inevitable

COTU secretary general Francis Atwoli addressing a press conference

The Central Organisation of Trade Unions, COTU (K) condemns efforts by employers and/or its agents to lobby government against awarding the country’s lowest paid employees any Minimum Wage increase during this year’s International Labour Day Celebrations on 1st May,2017.

“An increase in minimum wage during this year’s Labour Day Celebrations is non-bargainable since none other than H.E the President Uhuru Kenyatta asked workers to shelve their push for Minimum Wage increase last year promising instead to make it good and award the same this year by announcing a 20% Minimum Wage Increase in line with our expectations last year although this will be lower than our expectations this year since by then, inflation was below a double digit,” read part of COTU statement to newsrooms.