By Jeff Trotman
Over 100 workers from the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) staged a protest march and rally yesterday to oppose the 5% wage increase government has announced for public servants, and they heard a call for continued militancy until the administration agrees to a higher payout.
“The government eye pass people and you people have to stop that,” Region-al Councillor and former trade unionist Charles Sampson, who was among the speakers at the rally in front the Mackenzie Market, told workers.
During his address, Sampson described the 5% increase as “an insult” and he stated that 10% would be the same. He said the government has knocked out collective bargaining and every year end it comes up with a meagre increase for public servants under the assumption that although public servants will grumble, they will eventually accept it because they
