CASTRIES, St.Lucia CMC-Civil Servants have ended their battle with government for a 9.5 per cent wage increase, with a stunning decision to settle for a wage freeze.
After a heated extra-ordinary meeting Wednesday most of the over 400 members of the Civil Service Association (CSA) voted in favour of a 0.00 per cent wage proposal. The decision to forgo the increase followed the President’s report that the Government’s Negotiating Team (GNT) was sticking to four per cent as its final wage offer, in addition to refusing the requested allowances.
CSA President Mary Issac said her members were clear that if government insists that it could not afford anything more than four per cent then Government could keep its percentage wage increase, and the CSA would only accept the attached conditions proposed by the GNT. (CMC)
