Union and KFC Negotiate Wage Increase for Employees
St. John’s, Antigua – 2 February, 2023 – Line staff at KFC Antigua are set to benefit from a wage increase following the signing of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Company and the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU).
The increases will be implemented over a three-year period on the following schedule: Year 1 – $15/weekly; Year 2 – $13/weekly and Year 3 – $13/weekly.
The new agreement also increases the starting pay from $9.00 per hour to $9.50. Additionally, some staff members will benefit from further wage adjustments based on their years of employment with the company.
ABWU Industrial Relations Officer, Hugh Joseph, described the overall tone of the negotiations as cordial, despite some differences. Joseph said that both parties “did what was in the best interest of the employees and the continued successful operation of the business.”
KFC General Manager, Tessa Hesse said the new agreement comes at a time when the Company is still recovering from the Pandemic and facing increases in production costs.
Notwithstanding, Hesse noted that KFC Antigua was proud to maintain full employment even in these difficult times.
The General Manager said that throughout the negotiations the Company was mindful of the rising cost of living and was committed to providing some level of relief to employees. Hesse added that it gave the Company “great pride” to make good on the agreement.
Executive Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Employers Federation, Arlene Martin, said that the Federation, through close cooperation with KFC Antigua, was able to conclude negotiations in record time.
Martin underscored that the Federation was a critical partner in assisting companies to negotiate labour agreements.
The new agreement covers the period October 01, 2022 – September 30, 2025.
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Thanks. Again all of this goes to show that those whopping increases people claiming they want to see can never happen.
Wow , the union guys in their suits have managed to get 50c an hour over the minimum wage. So remind me, how much does the union take each week from the workers?
So all that was negotiated was wage increase? Nothing else was tabled?
Stop using the pandemic as an excuse.
You can’t expect people to survive on these types of salaries.
These companies in Antigua want cheap labor when their goods and services cost an arm and a leg pun intended at KFC.
No one should be taking home less that $800 per week and I don’t care what no one says.
It’s pure wickedness and the people implementing these laws are making shit loads of money to friggin keep people oppressed in their wickedness system.
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