PHILIPSBURG--Windward Islands Civil Servants Union/Private Sector Union (WICSU/PSU) President William Reed and Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU) President Claire Elshot addressed a packed meeting at the Workers Institute for Organised Labour (WIFOL) building in Philipsburg on Monday evening.
The purpose was to present and discuss their ideas regarding whether action should be taken regarding the non-payment of the cost-of-living salary adjustment.
The meeting hall was so full that approximately 50 people were outside the hall at one point and were not able to hear the speeches from the car park area.
People outside the building seemed to be in generally in favour of taking action. One man said, "We should tell them either they pay or we take action. We should give them an ultimatum and stick to it. Either they pay or we take action. We are entitled to our pay and now they want to breach agreements." The statement was greeted enthusiastically by his audience.
The result of this meeting was that a unanimous show of hands was made in favour of not accepting government's decision to split the cost-of-living payment. It wants to pay two per cent now and a further three per cent in January 2012.
The unions voted for a formal resolution to be sent to government with a deadline of February 2011 for payment of the whole amount. Failure to abide by the deadline will be dealt with then by a vote on whether strike action or other measures will be taken by the membership, according to Elshot.
The union members were particularly annoyed by the fact that the full payment had been approved by the government in August 2010 and it had reneged on the agreement.
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