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Dock union blasts COTU on rates

Dockworkers Union Secretary General Simon Sang (third left) in solidarity with some Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) unionisable workers sing PHOTO: COURTESY

Dock Workers Union has appealed to the Central Organisation of Trade Union to accept the new National Social Security Fund rates.

The trade union has been opposed to the Sh1,080 workers' monthly pension contribution proposed by NSSF. The workers umbrella body has maintained its support for the monthly Sh200 and sued to stop the new rates in 2013 leading to a stalemate that persists to date.

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