Matheus Haakuria

25 Feb

NHE employees down tools, strike continues

ObserverNational NewsMatheus Haakuria, NHE employees down tools, strike continues

Steve Nashama Following the countrywide strike of the National Housing Enterprise’ employees today, the employees downed tools, and said they will continue with the strike after getting no response from management. Secretary General of the Public Service Union of Namibia, Matheus Haakuria, in a telephonic interview with Windhoek Observer said the NHE is a highly dysfunctional organization after failing to address the matter. “If the company says no but the union says yes, the strike is going on,” he added. Employees are demanding a seven percent increment. This morning at the poorly attended strike, this publication caught up with some…

NHE workers feeling neglected

ObserverNational NewsMatheus Haakuria, NHE, NHE workers feeling neglected

Steve Nashama The Public Service Union of Namibia Secretary General Matheus Haakuria confirmed today that the employees of the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) want a salary increment of seven percent and that the union has been requesting for the NHE management and the board to negotiate, but the request he says, fell on deaf ears. The workers will embark on a nationwide strike tomorrow, from 8 am, he added. Haakuria said workers voted for a strike after the refusal of NHE management to negotiate. “All the demands of the workers were not considered and that is where the problem is,”…