The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) came to an agreement on Tuesday for the workers to take home a 5% increase, a day after they protested the initial proposal of 2%.
According to President of NAACIE, Kenneth Joseph, the union accepted the power company’s proposal and the two sides have also agreed on some other fringe benefits. “…There is an agreement and we have accepted the 5% across the board offer,” Joseph told Stabroek News on Tuesday, while stating that in addition to the retroactive increase that starts on January 1, 2016, they were also able to negotiate an automatic 3% on an incremental scale.
