Senate President, David Mark and organised labour, yesterday, expressed their optimism over a possible resolution of the strike in protest against zero subsidy policy of government.
Both parties stated this after the meeting between the leadership of Senate.Mark led the Senate team while organised labour was represented by national president of the National Labour Congress Abdulwaheed Omar and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Peter Esele.
The senate leadership had earlier met with the presidency.
The Senate President said “Our role actually has been one of trying to get government and labour to the round table to talk, to reach a decision and call off the strike.
“That has been our role and that is precisely what we are doing. We met with the President in the morning and then we met with labour now and they have agreed to meet and that is a giant step forward.
“It is really a big step which has not come easy at all. All I can say is that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Speaking earlier, the NLC President Abdulwaheed Omar, said “We appreciate their intervention and we have just done one leg of this meeting. We are also going to continue the meeting at a different venue at 5pm.”