Drama was witnessed at Standard Media Group after a section of angry journalists downed their tools on Wednesday demanding their salary pay and arrears in full from the company.
According to reports, the angry journalists and technical staff at the company stopped working from 12:30PM disrupting the 1PM news hour that was to be aired by the group’s media stations over their pay.
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Reports indicate that above 40 employees agreed to down their tools at the Green Park Grounds inside Standard Media Group’s Mombasa Road headquarters before making a decision to disrupt programmes.
The group resolved to visit every office and remove everyone from their workstations in a bid to force the management of the Standard Media Group to listen to their demands and pay them their dues.
“The team started at KTN Home, moved to the HR office then to convergence newsroom then to output, and eventually to radio and TV studios.” This developments saw news being stopped temporarily.
Specifically, KTN news hosted by Jesse Rodgers was momentarily stopped forcing the news anchor to take a short break at around 1:07 pm after presenting only one news item. The bulletin did not resume after that.
The team is said to be demanding their salary arrears dating to back in July 2023 with the station yet to give their recent salary in full. Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) has advised downing of tools from midnight.
The 14-day notice elapses today at midnight, paving the way for all staff at Standard Group PLC to commence the strike to fight for their rights in accordance with Article 41 of the Constitution.
According to the Union, they have listed their irreducible minimums and the strike will continue until they are addressed.
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“Staff are hereby urged to stay away from work and peacefully picket outside the nearest work station to demand payment of accumulated salary arrears and remittance of Sacco funds deducted from their salaries over the past two years.”