While welcoming the “modest increase” in wages and salaries for public servants proposed in this year’s national budget, former union leader Gillian Burton-Persaud on Wednesday accused the government of attempting to deceive workers by not making the increases retroactive to the start of the year.
During her presentation on the budget in the National Assembly, Burton-Persaud, a former President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and current PPP/C parliamentarian, called the increases a “partial fulfilment” of a campaign promise.
During its election campaign, APNU+AFC had promised significant increases for public servants. However, it has been criticised for misleading workers about the scope of the proposed increases, which are retroactive to July 1st, as well as for its failure to negotiate the
