2016 budget will address pay hike for sweeper/cleaners – Harmon

When the 2016 Budget is presented in January, sweeper/cleaners who earn meagre salaries can expect to see their wages increased to at least minimum wage, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

“Well, definitely we have started working on it. I really do not see that there are major hurdles still to be crossed. I do not see it…,” Harmon said when asked by Stabroek News if the 2016 Budget caters for the rectifying of the sweeper/cleaners’ salaries.

Government’s announ-cement comes on the heels of criticisms from the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) which accused the