For the first time since the recent commencement of the impasse between the Trade Unions and the Government, Prime Minister Dr the Rt Hon Keith Mitchell spoke publicly about the issue. Dr Mitchell, during his presentation of the 2019 Budget, told the nation in what can be described as an expressive and livid tone that […]
Message to the Nation by the Minister for Education, Human Resource Development & Religious AffairsHon. Emmalin Pierre ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, NOV. 20, 2018 – Ladies and gentlemen, I take the opportunity, yet again, to address the nation in my capacity as Minister for Education. The decision by the Grenada Union of Teachers, to undertake industrial […]
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 […]
The fundamental issue of creating disturbances in the public sector is that of the percentage of gratuity and pension that will be paid to workers who entered the service after 22 February 1985. According to Minister Oliver Joseph, the Government is under no obligation to pay pension and gratuity to these workers. During the weekly […]
Public officers who did not report to work as a result of industrial action taken by the Unions, may not be paid for the days they spent off the job. This decision, made by Cabinet was announced by Minister for Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, Hon Oliver Joseph, during this week’s Post-Cabinet Briefing. According to him, […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JULY 25TH, GIS: – Minister for Trade, Industry, Co-operatives and Caricom Affairs Hon. Oliver Joseph says while one batch of workers will be paid pension and gratuity retroactively, negotiations are ongoing for those who joined the service after February 22nd 1985, to agree on a formula for payment. In the first instance, fifty […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FEB. 21, 2018, GIS: Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has described as ‘revolutionary’, an agreement between the Government and the Trade Union Movement on a formula to restore State Pension. Prime Minister Mitchell was addressing a rally ahead of Monday’s exchanged of a Memorandum of Understanding involving Unions, Associations and Government. “This […]
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, SEPT 12. 2017, GIS: – Finance Minister and Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has reiterated his government’s commitment to giving the issue of pension reform ‘absolute priority’. The Prime Minister told the House of Representatives that a team meeting was held early on Friday morning as they continue to search for solutions. “We would […]
