The government’s an-nounced 5% public servants wage increase is “illegal,” according to the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), which says the Donald Ramotar administration has failed to honour a promise to end the annual practice of arbitrarily imposing the hike.
In a statement issued last Friday, the GPSU said it views “the illegal 5% imposition of salaries and wages for public sector workers as insensitive, grossly disrespectful and ruthless” and as a display of contempt for public workers, both with the amount being proposed and the manner in which the handout is being attempted.
According to the release, President Ramotar, at a meeting with the GPSU in January 2013, asked for a
