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NUPW hears concerns of worried workers

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ARMED WITH THE CONCERNS of scores of members about the new qualification requirements, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is headed back to the Ministry of the Civil Service.

The union took this decision following a fiery two-hour meeting held at its headquarters in Dalkeith, St Michael, yesterday from 5 p.m.

While the meeting was closed to the media, the loud voices of many an upset worker could be heard from behind the closed doors of the packed auditorium.

Following the meeting, NUPW president Akanni McDowall and acting general secretary Delcia Burke explained that the union would be taking those concerns to the ministry responsible for public workers. (AD)

Please read the full story in today’s Midweek Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

 

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