Pay the retro to NDC workers now

Jan 18, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

Late last year, December 19th, there was a letter by a Rudolph Singh in KN, “No bonus for NDC workers”, in which Singh cited the correspondence from the Local Government Commission (LGC) refusing to sign the request for the NDC’s to pay the traditional yearly bonus to their workers. Singh wrote: “Why would the Government shoot itself in the foot by taking away a few crumbs (bonuses) from these lowly paid workers with elections three months away?”
“How should these workers and their families respond to the campaign for the re-election of President Granger and the Coalition?” It seems that Singh’s letter had created quite a ruckus at the LGC and at that time had invoked some kind sentiment from the Government. The NDC’s were later informed that rather than bonuses, the workers would be paid the nine percent retroactive in keeping with the Government’s announced salary increase and retroactive for public servants. The retro money has not been released to the NDC workers so far and there is silence at the LGC on this issue. It seems that the LGC has gone back to its original stance of not paying any monies to these lowly paid workers. While the Coalition campaign banner is emblazoned with the phrase – “good life for all”- it seems like the remnants of “clean up my Country” (NDC workers) have been dumped by the Coalition into the gutters where they laboured to provide a clean environment for the “good life” for others.
The public should take note! If the Coalition cannot deliver on a little short term promise of paying the retro to the NDC workers before the elections. They should not be trusted or be given the chance to deliver on any promise beyond March 2nd.

Concerned

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