ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC):

The management of the Grenada Electricity Company (GRENLEC) was yesterday studying a new proposal by the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU) as a strike by nearly 100 of its employees entered the fourth day.

The workers, who have been marching the streets and picketing government's Labour Department, are clamouring for a cost of living adjustment to a new wage agreement covering 2006 to 2008.

TAWU said it would now accept a seven per cent increase for 2008, up from 4.25 per cent which was originally agreed to, on top of a new GRENLEC offer of two per cent for all workers who did not qualify for an increase under a job evaluation exercise for 2007.