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Reuters reports that pharmaceutical workers launched an indefinite wage strike on Friday, potentially affecting production and distribution depots, a union official said.
Around 8,000 members affiliated to the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union (Ceppwawu) are striking for higher wages, thereby joining their colleagues in the petrochemical sector, who started a similar strike on Thursday. The union’s Clement Chitja said workers wanted a 9% wage increase in a one-year deal, while employers were offering 7.5% this year and 7% in the second year of a two-year deal. Pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram said the strike had not as yet affected any of its operations.
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