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St. Lucia: Industrial action by civil servants ends – wage freeze accepted
Civil Servants have ended their battle with government for a 9.5 percent wage increase, with a stunning decision to settle for a wage freeze.
After an extra-ordinary meeting Wednesday most of the over 400 members of the civil service association voted in favor of a 0 percent wage proposal.
The decision to forgo the increase followed the President’s report that the government’s negotiating team was sticking to 4 percent as its final wage offer, in addition to refusing the requested allowances.
The civil service association president Mary Issac, said her members were clear that if government insists that it could not afford anything more than 4 percent then Government could keep its percentage wage increase, and the association would only accept the attached conditions proposed by the negotiating team. – (CMC)