By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Tuesday 30th July 2019 The working people of Grenada, especially the lower-class, should vigorously challenge, reject and protest the outrageous and unconscionable intent of the Government to increase, as of September 2019, the contribution-payment to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). The increase is from nine […]
By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Tuesday 19 February 2019 Public officers appointed in the public service of Grenada after 3 April 1983, have been disenfranchised from their constitutional entitlement to receive pensions from the State. This happened with the gazetting of the Pensions (Disqualification) Act, labeled as People’s Law No. […]
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 […]
December 21, 2018 – Government has been actively engaging church leaders, allowing them an opportunity to share their views on the pension reform negotiations, the industrial climate following recent action taken by teachers and some public officers and the decision by the Cabinet to withhold salaries for the days not worked. On Wednesday, Prime Minister, […]
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. […]
