Minimum wage still outstanding

Dec 05, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kindly permit me space in the letter column of your highly read newspaper to highlight our grave plight and suffering as a security guard employed in the private security service and working to protect government and state properties along with their workers the public servant, which include maids and sweeper cleaners.
In 2013, the former PPP/C Administration raised the national minimum wage/salaries to the sum of $35,000 per month and clearly state for all workers in Guyana as publish in the National Minimum Wages/Salaries Act.
After the APNU/AFC took over the administration of governance, they have raised the national minimum wages/salaries for public servants to $50,000 per month and again in this year, it has raised the minimum wages/salaries for public servant to $60,000 per month payable from January 1, 2017.
In October 2016, as appeared in the headline on the Guyana Chronicle caption Higher Wages, Cabinet Clears new minimum wage for private sector and again on November 24, under the head line caption, new minimum wage, it was stated that the new minimum wage/salary to be paid to private sector workers in the sum of $40,000 payable from January 1, 2017.
It is October 21, one year since the order was made by cabinet and we in the security service are still waiting for the increase order to be honoured by the private security service.
In August, Minister Keith Scott called on the private security service at a security service conference to honour and pay to the security guards the new minimum wage for private sector workers.
But if had fallen on deaf ears, and we are still suffering hoping Minister Keith Scott will follow up and see to it that we get what we deserve as we are all workers and deserve better wages.

R. Kumar
Suffering security guard

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