Government has refused to honor some sections of a provisional agreement for public servants but the Public Service Union (PSU) says it will not accept anything less than what they received the nod for and has decided on a plan of action following a executive meeting on Tuesday.
General Secretary of the PSU Thomas Letang said in a recent interview that his union received a letter from government last Friday indicating that although the three percent wage increase had been approved by cabinet there were some non-salary benefits that were refused.
“We accepted the three percent on the condition that the non-salary issues would have been approved by cabinet,” Letang said. No reasons were provided for the decision to reject some of these benefits.
He added that this outcome was unacceptable since negotiations between representatives of both parties have already adopted that proposal which was already taken to the general membership of the PSU.
In response, however, the union’s general secretary said several “strategies have been adopted” at Tuesday’s meeting. He did not disclose what these strategies were but assured that they will be very much recognizable when employed.
In an interview on September 15, Letang said: “In the event that the government does not accept the provisional agreement we ourselves will not be in a position to accept anything that is not exactly what the provisional agreement was all about.”
Government had been given two weeks to get the proposal approved through the cabinet.
“We believe we are being very reasonable. We have been extremely fair and we expect nothing less than for the government to accept the provisional agreement because that was discussed over and over and over again,” Letang said.
@ Public Servant u just supporting wat ThE tRUTH SAID,…….I GUESS U LIKE SPITTT IN YOOO FACEEE………………HEY HYE HEY SKEERIT I LOVEEE UU SPIT ON MEEE SPIT ON MMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEE PLEASE
@THA TRUTH: From your words you are not honestly interested in Public Servants but just want to relay hating phrases of our Prime Minister. Well my friend you have a lot of hating to do because our Prime Minister is going to be at the realm for a very long time. Some of you all are yet to accede that he won the General Elections quite handsomely. He is a special man well blessed by the almighty. I am satisfied with the 3% increase anyway.
It is clear that we are unable to devorce the message from the messanger, The DPSU is not Mr. Letang it is all public Officers and when the masses are dsipersed, confused or parochially following partisan interest, then their vision is compromised. They cannot even recognise who represent their interest.
public officer carry great responsibility in this country and the benefits spread far and wide to some of the very critics and nay sayers. The challenge is for all of us to stand on the side of justice and support the unions position. This very position is justified since we know the mission and tendancies of the powers that be. We may need to learn that in this matter, savarin may carry greater responsibility than skiero. Dominicans stand up for justice, public officers deserve your support.
WHAT YOU NEXT LEVEL PEOPLE SO VEX ABOUT? MONEY IS NOT IMPORTANT IN THE OTHER LEVEL, WE ALMOST THERE HAVE SOME PATIENCE!!
waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy labour powerr gettin baddd….man i from on eof the two constituencies that…didnt apporve the next level proposal…..why i did so is because i didnt kno if is up a level or down a level it more looking like down a level for one set…….is a good thing i am part of a republic…….dominica getting hott boii
Only God is Deborah!!
That grabbament must fall. The rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Everything increasing ecept for the civil servants salary. Dumb … if cost of living incresing and your salary remains the same obviously you will get poorer. Don’t let me and the rest of the robin woods in d/a rise up. U c how people dying and no body knows. Desperate times call for desperate measures and the time is now.
Some of all you born poor and want to die poor. Some of all you just lazy and want to remain beggers. Well I myself want my share just like they take theirs in the double figures and now is a problem to share the scraps. I want my share or else is 1979 again and more. All those beggars keep on begging. Get rich or die trying we in d cdpf ready for the war.
Our biggest problem in Dominica is that we have no balls. We settle for less all the time. We do not have the guts to stand up for what we believe in. Wake up Dominicans, a famine is about to come upon this land. This country is getting poorer and poorer. Open your eyes. When the citizens of a country cannot buy the basic necessities – FOOD – one has to wonder what is next. I guess this is part of the NEXT LEVEL
I see we building up the momemtum for another May29th in Dominica. This time around their might not be time to set up murals for memory….because there might not be enough Dominicans left ..strong enough to do it.
A lot of these young people who so blindly accept or worship the “omnipotent ” actions …did not live through that date.
What is wrong with my country?.
@CALL A SPADE A SPADE: Yow I agree with you 100%. If you stated that you would go with the proposal go along.. All dem A..s3$, that only follow a party and not issues, tan to tan to plus temps plus twiste!
THE NEXT LEVEL…SKERRIT CONTINUE TO SPIT ON DEM STUPID SLAVES…..BECAUSE I SURE PLENTY OF THEM VOTE TO MAKE YOU RICHER FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS…SO LET THEM BEND OVER AND TAKE IT…THE NEXT LEVEL!!!!!.
NOW GO BACK TO THE COTTEN FEILDS WHILE ROSEVELT “JESUS CHRIST” SKERRIT…LOOKS ON FROM HIS GOLDEN BALCONY SURRONDED BUT HIS LITTLE PIGS(NAMES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION).
WHEN THE BLACK SLAVES ARE READY TO RISE UP AND REALISE THERE AND THREE THOUSAND OF US AND TWENTY OF THEM…..WHAT YA GONNA DO MISTER SKERRIT….ARE YOU SIR YOU POLICE ARMY WILL SHOOT DOWN HUNGRY PEAPLE FIGHTING FOR 5% SALARY INCREASE???
THE REAL GOD IS LISTENING AND FEELING US MR SKERRIT…HE WILL DO TO U WHAT HE DID TO EVERY POWERHUNGRY TYRANT IN HISTORY…STRIP YOU DOWN TO SIZE…SO YOU CAN SEE THE CIVIL SERVANT EYE TO EYE….THEN WE WILL DEAL WITH YOU.
To all Civil Servants take what all you get. You all had the opportunity to hold skerro and his Government by their balls and all you through the opportunity down the drain so enjoy all what all you getting right now.
@Deoborah: Stop the blasphemy cant you see Dominica have enough curse (so many deaths) How can you say skerro is omnipotent. How can you put him on same level as God. There is only one true God. I suggest you check the meanings of words before you use them.
Dominican WORKERS BEING FOOLED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. How long can that fooling of the people by the Skerritt led DLP GOVT. go on? Dominicans like it so? Is so Dominica come? Dominicans can’t trust that administration not for a minute. Do Dominicans love one man, Skerritt so much against their own interest? The standard of living of the majority of Dominicans is getting worse day by day, while the few are bathing in assets (wealth) obtained in quick time through all kinds of controversial means. Yet still, many will continue to defend one man who has shown, time and time again, that his personal interest and that of his party come first before country? Foreigners get all sorts of concessions, some make $$$$$$$ selling passports, our property, but Dominican workers’ non-salary issues, initially agreed upon by their GOVT., are later rejected? Labad used to say,’TIME WILL TELL.’
@Deoborah: The word is Omnipotent.
3 cents on every dollar for the back bone of Dominica, but 22 million to campaign, imagine that.
LET’S JUST TAKE OUT THE FACT
1. GOVERNMENT SAID IF PSU TAKES THE 3% INCREASE THEY WILL GIVE THEM THE SOME NON-SALARY ISSUES.
2. EVEN THE PM GAVE HIS SUPPORT AND APPROVAL
3. ALL OF A SUDDEN GOVERNMENT IS CHANGING IT’S MIND AND SAYING NO TO THE NON-SALARY ISSUES, WITHOUT ANY EXPLAINATION
COME ON DOMINICANS LET US STICK TO THE ISSUES HERE.
A) THE GOVERNMENT HAS SHOWN DISRESPECT TO IT’S WORKERS.
B) LOOKS LIKE THEIR (GOVERNMENT) WORDS CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
THE UNION NEEDS SUPPORT IN TIMES LIKE THESE. IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE UNION SO MANY OF US WOULD BE OUT IN THE COLD.
AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE MR. LETANG A BREAK, THE GENTLEMAN HAS ALWAYS WORKED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HIS UNION, NO MATTER WHAT.
Skerro is ominipotent, anything he says goes, “WE” like it so.
@Fairplay: that is madness……….. instaed of say give the working class a lift, you are sugesting that the reduce membership and take more from FEWER MEMBERS… good lawd.. dont u see what people are wearing, the loans they pay for second hand vehicles, a small bag or doritos is $9.00 …. COM’ON PPL.. are you that used to poverty? don’t you want more for yourself and your kids?
utter rubbish this government is doing utter rubbish. the teachers, police and cicil servants, we need to send a clear message cause this nonsense must stop
I suspect I’ll die before that increase come
Not too long ago there was an article with charles savarin saying yes to it
Now Mr. letang says that it was only partially accepted
Well Mr. Letang tell them 20% and forget the non salary part
and strike if you don’t get your way that’s all
People seem to think that public servants in Dominica have these Glamorous salaries yet the difference between perception and reality is like night and day husbands AND wives put together struggle much less for those that are on their own.
Cost of living has been rising and VAT has been put in place. Our combined salary increase since the introduction of VAT is about 7% while vat has been sitting on 15% and that is on top of the income tax we already pay.
Mr. Letang needs to finally let all that hot air he have go into a balloon so he can fly and coordinate properly so that an amicable solution can be found because let’s face it, The main thing is the money anyway…
@the weather man: lol!!
If the union is making a fuss; pay more and lay off some workers to balance it off.
My fellow Dominicans. Supporters and non-Supporters of the DLP GOVT. Let us dissect the statements we have in front of us. LET US BE OPEN-MINDED AND OBJECTIVE. The Public service Union (PSU) said that Government has refused to honor some sections of a provisional agreement for public servants. That agreement has to do with non-salary issues. That means that the DLP GOVT., during the negotiations, agreed on somethings regarding non- salary issues and they told the PSU face to face they would do. THE PSU RELAYED THE MESSAGE TO ITS MEMBERSHIP. THE PSU AND ITS MEMBERS TRUSTED GOVT. The statement, ‘THEY (PSU) RECEIVED THE NOD FOR,’ MEANS JUST THAT. GOVT AGREED TO THE NON_SALARY ISSUES. BUT THE PSU VEX LIKE HELL, FEELING THAT IT HAS NOW BEEN TRICKED, BETRAYED, BAMBOZOOLED, STABBED IN THE BACK. THE PSU THREATENS THAT IT WOULD ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN WHAT WAS AGREED TO BY GOVT. Is that how a GOVT. of the people treats its workers? Didn’t that same DLP GOVT. take a 50% increase in salary which the taxpayers have to foot every month? There was no problem then. They just took it. Whether you, my people, who are the GOVT. employers, the Dominican people, the taxpayers, agreed or not, the DLP GOVT. just took the 50% increase. Has the public Servants brought that unto themselves? Have they been fooled or allowed themselves to be fooled? The PSU is made up of a section of intelligent workers in Dominica, some might think.
BUT NOTE WELL DOMINICANS OF ALL PERSUASIONS:
“The three signs of a hypocrite are: lying, betraying trust and going back on his word (not fulfilling a promise).” Therefore hypocrites are liars, because they lie to themselves.
For people with evil intentions lying is an open door for them to reach their selfish goals by concealing the facts behind their magical words and capturing innocent people with their poisonous lies.
Liars have no time for them to think or reflect. They rarely consider the possible conclusions, claiming that ‘no one will ever discover their secrets’. In their words we find many mistakes and contradictions. Liars will eternally become covered with shame, failure and disgrace. Therefore, it is true to say that ‘liars have bad memories. FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Well Mr. Letang make up your mind boy. Who’s side are you leaning on. You on commission and how you can deal with the mess of putting square pegs in round holes. So you in that too, public servant watch out!
Mr. Letang is a sellout he cutting on both sides. He saying one thing infront of members and another on the other side. He on public service commission….i do not know how he can defend pubic servants with unfairly treated
Did you observe the size of that GOLD chain hanging MR letangs neck. I thought all that LING was reserved for misguided youth and ostentacious drug dealers
lol That is a laugh. I dare u to do something Letang, I dare U, lol lol
boy i tell you…. there is a seperation of the classes going on in dominica. .. the poorer the ppl the greater the control… i hope you wake up..
Oh please Letang. Give us a break! You know damn well that you are going to accept talk to the general membership in the corner of your mouth and then come back in a couple weeks saying we have accepted. Who you fooling? The Supreme Leader already know that you are full of very hot air. You know your heart that you have accepted the government’s position so stop fooling the people.
wen allu goin to learn dat this country no longer belongs to us ……wee are on borrowed time…..like they like us soo thats why …wee even getting three percent……wow that incredible……u not a labour poodle so u cant get 50% increase….and sexual entertainment…..( i wuold love summ ) u created yo monster……..now u tryin to tame it……..NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE ALL DIS POWERRRRRRRRRR….kanye west new track check it oout POWER….Check out superband too
Mr Letang you have to understand Massa Skerro has just won the election 18-3 the playing field not level again Mr Letang. The people has spoken they want what ever Massa Skerro giving not what you want for them and no dog cannot bark in Massa Skerro yard.
All the time u all wasting negotiating for a high amount prices of things going up!!! Just accept the 3 percent and while we benefiting the 3 percent you’ll negotiate for more.
Can’t it be done like this. Someone educate me…can’t it be done like this!