Stats Bureau staff back on the picket line

Sixteen staff members of the Bureau of Statistics on Friday held a peaceful protest outside the Bureau of Statistics headquarters to ventilate their disgust at the disregard of their concerns by management.

They said management failed to keep a promise to hold a meeting to address the issue of workers’ benefits.
One statistician said they had waited and tolerated the injustice long enough. She has been working with the bureau for a number of years and is concerned that when she leaves she would not be entitled to any pension.

The picketers were upset as they