Dear Editor,
Although the government has issued an order that private security guards should be paid $140.00 per hour effective June 1, 2012, the company for which I work (name provided) is still paying $120.00 per hour.
President Donald Ramotar, while addressing the FITUG conference stated that the government will always stand by the workers. I now ask that the President stand by his word and see to it that the Minister of Labour Mr Nanda Gopaul and the Minister of Regional Development Mr Ganga Persaud use their good offices to ensure that we get what is really due to us as from June 1, 2012.
Yours faithfully,
S Jones
Security Guard
Region 2
According to our report of July 16, 2012, the government issued an order through the Ministry of Labour setting the new minimum wage for security guards at $6,160 per week, up from $4,500 per week, effective June 1, 2012.
