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The National Workers Union which represents workers at Air Jamaica says it will be serving an ultimatum on the management of the national airline threatening strike action.
The NWU said the company has been tardy in reorganising its management structure and this has further delayed the start of wage negotiations.
Vice President at the National Workers Union (NWU) Granville Valentine said the workers have been waiting for two years to start wage talks.
He said the workers said they could not wait under the current conditions which he said are untenable.
"The union has no alternative but to issue an ultimatum as of today...two weeks, no longer than two weeks for the management to conclude all of those proceedings," said Mr. Valentine.
Some of Jamaica's most popular alcoholic beverages will see price hikes effective immediately.
On Monday, Red stripe announced that due to the sharp and frequent increases in the price of raw materials and production costs the price of its brewed products including its signature beer is going up.
The ex-factory price of Red Stripe Light, Guinness, Malta, Dragon, Smirnoff Ice (Red and Black) and Heineken will see an adjustment of $8 more per bottle, while the price of Red Stripe will go up by $14 per bottle.
The prices of premium spirit brands such as Johnnie Walker Scotch Whiskey, Baileys Irish Cream and Smirnoff Vodka will not change.
There will also be no change to the price of draught beer.
The deposits on crates and bottles remain unchanged.
Red Stripe's Managing Director, Mark McKenzie, said the cost of malt, glass and other components have increased exponentially on the world market within the last six to eight months.
This has forced the company to up its prices.
The National Workers Union which represents workers at Air Jamaica says it will be serving an ultimatum on the management of the national airline threatening strike action.
The NWU said the company has been tardy in reorganising its management structure and this has further delayed the start of wage negotiations.
Vice President at the National Workers Union (NWU) Granville Valentine said the workers have been waiting for two years to start wage talks.
He said the workers said they could not wait under the current conditions which he said are untenable.
"The union has no alternative but to issue an ultimatum as of today...two weeks, no longer than two weeks for the management to conclude all of those proceedings," said Mr. Valentine.
Some of Jamaica's most popular alcoholic beverages will see price hikes effective immediately.
On Monday, Red stripe announced that due to the sharp and frequent increases in the price of raw materials and production costs the price of its brewed products including its signature beer is going up.
The ex-factory price of Red Stripe Light, Guinness, Malta, Dragon, Smirnoff Ice (Red and Black) and Heineken will see an adjustment of $8 more per bottle, while the price of Red Stripe will go up by $14 per bottle.
The prices of premium spirit brands such as Johnnie Walker Scotch Whiskey, Baileys Irish Cream and Smirnoff Vodka will not change.
There will also be no change to the price of draught beer.
The deposits on crates and bottles remain unchanged.
Red Stripe's Managing Director, Mark McKenzie, said the cost of malt, glass and other components have increased exponentially on the world market within the last six to eight months.
This has forced the company to up its prices.