The AFC is urging government to increase the salary of school cleaners to a minimum of $40,000 per month effective from January 1, 2013, and to start payment now even as the administration works to establish a national minimum wage.
“Government should not delay payment pending approval of a national minimum wage,” the AFC said in a press release. The party noted that school cleaners are among the lowest paid working poor, almost all of whom are women and single parents. It noted that these workers have been receiving just over $15,000.000 (US$75) per month for a six-hour working day.
The AFC said it was informed that since 2003, this salary remained fixed
