January 14, 2019 – Chairman of Government’s Pension Engagement Committee, Honourable Oliver Joseph has referred the deadlock in pension negotiations with trade unions and staff associations representing public officers to Labour Commissioner, Mr. Cyrus Griffith. The referral is in keeping with the procedures for settling disputes as provided for in Section 45, Sub-section 2 of […]
January 11, 2019 – Government has declared a deadlock in pension negotiations with public sector trade unions and staff associations. At the continuation of talks today, Government’s Pension Engagement Committee notified the unions and staff associations that an amicable solution appears unlikely given the great disparity between proposals by the two parties. Since the start […]
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, DEC. 7TH, 2018, GIS – Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Dr. Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell is alarmed and saddened by an attack on the “the hardworking and patriotic public servants of the Ministry of Finance,” by Senator and Head of the Trades Union Council, Mr. Andre Lewis. In his Budget Debate […]
Fellow Grenadian Sisters and brothers. I want to talk to you about the future of our beloved country and about what defines us as a nation. I also want to talk about being reasonable and fair, and ensuring social justice for all. These are the things at the core of this ongoing debate about the […]
The newly appointed Acting Minister for Labour, Honourable Anthony Boatswain is taking immediate action to seek a solution to resolve the dispute between the Pension Engagement Committee and the trade unions and staff associations, on the matter of the advanced payment of pension (gratuity). The Acting Minister, having been briefed, has invoked his powers under […]
The Grenada Government has extended an invitation to Unions and Staff Associations to return to the negotiating table on Friday November 23rd. It did so in another letter today to the Grenada Union of Teachers, TAWU, PWU and the three staff associations – Prison Officers Welfare Association, Police Welfare Association and Police Gazetted Officers Association. […]
The streets of St George were transformed into a platform for Trade Unionists, teachers and other public workers who chanted their way through in a March showing their disdain with the Government’s offer of 2% for workers’ gratuity and pension. Chanting, singing and holding placards through the streets, the protesters caught the eyes of tourists, […]
Thousands of students from Primary schools to the island’s lone Tertiary institution are once again forced to remain at home. This stems from the actions taken by the public workers and teachers whose Union leaders have asked their membership to remain at home. After a massive Rally yesterday where Trade Unionists, Union leaders and their […]
