Over 500 employees of the Athi River based China Roads and Bridges Corporation on Friday sealed a deal with their employer on a controversial pay rise that had prompted them to demonstrate on several occasions.
The employees agreed to resume work after a three week stalemate when the CRBC management agreed to their demands of a 12 per cent pay rise.
"We will all resume work on Monday morning since all our grievances have today been addressed by the CRBC management," said George Olale a worker.
Olale said they had for a long time been denied their constitutional rights of reasonable remuneration for their services alongside other privileges like sick off, leaves and house allowances.
Josphat Kiare another worker said the company had in the past neglected health and safety of the employees contrary to labour laws.
He said they attended their duties on a daily basis without proper outfit since the company had refused to provide them with protective safety gears.
The company's Athi River site human resources manager, Laura Chung' said they had amicably settled all the employees concerns adding they would resume work on Monday.
Chung' said there had been little problems that had resulted from misunderstandings between the workers and the company's management.
She said the employee's biggest concern was the 12 per cent pay rise that they had been pushing for through their shop stewards for several months since the Standard Gauge Railway project started in the region.
Chung' expressed confidence that such a stalemate would not arise again in future since the company would keep all promises it had made to the workers.
"The management admits to the complaints and we are willing and ready to rectify the problems accordingly," said Chung'.
The Athi River Township's Member of County Assembly Mr Michael Mutua, warned the China Roads and Bridges Corporation's management against infringing on the employees' constitutional rights.
Mutua said the rights had to be protected and labour laws adhered to as stipulated in various labour legislation.