The Grenada Public Workers Union and the Grenada Technical and Allied Workers Union are demanding that they will only defer the 4% wage increase up to the end of June this year and must be with a 0.5% interest for each month and the sum must be paid retroactively on the July pay day.
They are also saying that Salaries docked from workers due to strike action September to December 2017 must be repaid in full on/or before the end of January this year to all workers who’ve been so affected.
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According to a joint release from the Unions, this is in consideration of the Government’s proposal asking for a deferral of the 4% salary increase for 2021.
The Unions accuse the Government of not always being truthful and that recent actions suggest that they are not as cash strapped as they want them to believe.
In a recent release, the Unions noted that they reflect on the many challenges faced in 202, some, which they say will not easily be overcome, considering that COVID-19 will not simply vanish tomorrow, but there’s hope.
Among other things, the Unions are calling for workers who fit the definition of section 29.5 of the Employment Act 14 of 1999 to be regularized and made permanent.
They threaten that if the agreement is not signed before Friday, workers must receive their 2021, 4% salary increases with their January 2021 wages and salaries.
Further, the two Unions are saying that if workers are not made permanent on/or before April 1, 2021, deferral of 2021 increases becomes null and void and increases and retroactive pay due from January 1, 2021 becomes payable with April 2021 wages and salaries. Petra Louison, Wee Fm News.
