Wage rise for public workers

Fri, Jul 18th 2014, 11:07 AM

 

THE annual minimum wage for public servants increased by $800 yesterday with the promise to renegotiate further increases if the government generates greater revenue from natural resources.
John Pinder, Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) president, said there is a clause in the union’s new industrial agreement that will allow the union to request more money from the government in the event of commercial oil drilling or increased royalties from aragonite and salt mining...

THE annual minimum wage for public servants increased by $800 yesterday with the promise to renegotiate further increases if the government generates greater revenue from natural resources.

John Pinder, Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) president, said there is a clause in the union’s new industrial agreement that will allow the union to request more money from the government in the event of commercial oil drilling or increased royalties from aragonite and salt mining...

 

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