The Standard Media Group employees under the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) have given a 14-day strike notice to the media house. The Standard Media Group employees drawn from all departments of the media house have stated that they will be going on strike after going for seven months without salaries. “For seven months now, staff at the Standard Media Group, the oldest media house in Kenya, have gone through untold suffering due to unpaid salaries despite hard economic times in the countries,” said KUJ Secretary General Eric Oduor. “Staff at the Standard Group have been pushed to depression as they live in a state of uncertainty about the millions of shillings they invested and saved in Standard Sacco. “We condemn the Standard Group’s attempt to intimidate staff by collecting biometric data to enforce a new reporting time policy.

Source: Standard Digital July 02, 2024 18:03 UTC