Response: OPM mindful of staff welfare [Archives:2006/959/Letters to the Editor]

Aden Container Terminal
Please allow us to respond to S.A. Salem's remarks on the wage situation at the Aden Container Terminal (ACT) that were published in the Yemen Times (June 22).

Overseas Port Management (OPM) as managers and operators of ACT do not decide on wage levels or increases, which is the prerogative of the Ministry of Transport. Secondly, OPM is mindful of the increased cost of living due to the fuel price hike since mid-2005. It has made recommendations on wage adjustments to the Ministry to address this issue. Our request is being studied by the Ministry and we are waiting for its approval to implement our recommendations.

Finally, OPM is keenly aware of the contribution of its staff in the ACT's success as a transshipment center and has strived to look after their welfare. There are regular dialogues between management and staff on welfare issues including the wage adjustment issue. OPM has fully briefed them on its recommendations to the Ministry.

If Salem is an ACT employee, as he claims, he should be aware of all this. Perhaps, he has other motives?
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