The strike was caused by the unwillingness of government to make a new offer for the minimum wage at the tripartite meeting held on Friday.
He expressed his dissatisfaction with the low turnout of ministers at the meeting, saying that “out of the three ministers that are members of the committee, only the minister of state labour who is the vice chairman of the committee was there and she’s a conciliator naturally, trying to bring both sides together. So there was really nobody there from the federal to make a substantial offer.
