{"id":324386,"date":"2024-06-14T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T22:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=324386"},"modified":"2024-06-14T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T22:14:49","slug":"dominica-public-service-union-opposes-delay-in-pay-and-other-measures-taken-by-public-works-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/governance\/dominica-public-service-union-opposes-delay-in-pay-and-other-measures-taken-by-public-works-corporation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominica Public Service Union opposes delay in pay, and other measures taken by Public Works Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_324387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-324387\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-324387\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Thomas-Letang-DNO-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"328\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-324387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Letang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) Thomas Letang has said the union is \u201cextremely dissatisfied\u201d with the long delays in payment of salaries to employees of the Public Works Corporation (PWC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He made the disclosure during the opening ceremony of a DPSU-sponsored workshop for staff of the PWC held at the DPSU conference room on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Dominica Public Service Union is extremely dissatisfied with the long delays at times in paying salaries and wages,\u201d he remarked. \u201cMy understanding is that for two fortnights you have not been paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letang continued, \u201cWe are becoming weary with the non-implementation of issues agreed to during negotiations, most if not all of which have been impacted by the corporation not receiving payments for work which it has done. Of course, its main client is the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, after working for three fortnights and not being paid, \u201c&#8230;leaving you and your family in dire straits is not a good situation to be in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Letang said, the Public Works Corporation has a record of delivering when it is hired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, he explained that the idea of the workshop came about at a meeting with the public works Board of Directors, management, and staff to which he was invited.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letang further explained that after listening to the solutions that the Board and management had agreed to implement to address what they said was, \u201cwastage\u201d and in some instances poor performance by employees, \u201cwe right on the spot objected to those measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He argued that the measures were illegal and unfair, \u201cand we immediately offered to sponsor this workshop which is only the first of many joint ventures, so here we are today witnessing a little bit of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letang revealed that the Dominica State College (DSC) has agreed to a similar program next Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) Thomas Letang has said the union is \u201cextremely dissatisfied\u201d with the long delays in payment of salaries to employees of the Public Works Corporation (PWC). 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