UASU officials during a past meeting.[Photo/EbruTv]
University lecturers and their employers will are set to begin talks on their new collective bargaining agreement.
The meeting between the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) and universities will be attended by officials of the Federation of Kenya Employers.
The Monday meeting us scheduled to take place at Jacaranda Hotel in Nairobi.
According to a return-to-work formula that was signed by Uasu secretary-general Constantine Wasonga and Vice-Chancellors Committee chairman Francis Aduol last week, the talks are supposed to be concluded by January 31.
“Kindly plan to attend the meeting as scheduled. The agenda will be to prepare for the 2017-2021 CBA,” said the University of Nairobi deputy vice-chancellor, Prof Isaac Mbeche, who is also the chairman of the negotiating committee.
The deal was signed last week after a one-month strike that paralysed learning at 31 public universities.
This followed the release of Sh2 billion by the government for the payment of enhanced salaries and house allowances for lecturers. Some Sh3.1 billion will be released in seven months for the 2013-2017 CBA.