A strike by the city’s workers ended yesterday after approval was officially given by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) for an agreed 5% salary increase at an extra-ordinary meeting.
The payout is to be made on Friday.
The meeting was held after the Labour Ministry intervened in a row between the M&CC and the acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba, which had resulted in the workers striking and major city markets being closed since Monday as a result. Sooba acted on a recommendation by the Labour Ministry to call the extra-ordinary meeting, after she ignored directions to do so by Mayor Hamilton Green. The wrangling resulted in major losses to vendors and stallholders, who operate at the
