Fisheries agency workers threaten strike
Employees of the Fisheries Observer Agency have threatened to go on strike if their grievances are not addressed within 14 working days. The workers handed a petition to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform at Walvis Bay on Friday, which was received by the ministry’s deputy director, Aron Shitayi. The workers want an urgent meeting with agriculture minister Inge Zaamwani to discuss salary increases, alleged financial mismanagement and working conditions at the agency. In the petition, dated 30 October, the workers say they have not received salary increases in five years. They say the rising cost of