General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) Thomas Letang has instructed Public Officers to embark on “a go slow” to force the government to respond to its demand on salary negotiation.
Letang told cheering public officers that the government is yet to respond to its salary demands which are a form of “disrespect for the union.
A few weeks ago, the DPSU called its members to a meeting to update them on salary issues and other working conditions in the public service. The DPSU advised its members to wear yellow and orange shirts to work every Friday. That form of protest action Letang said will continue
But Letang said they were upgrading their protest action.
“Starting tomorrow (May 31, 2019) and until Monday June 3, 2019 we are going to embark on go slow whereby we will reduce our working input by 60%. So you report to work but there will be a go slow…we want your working input to be reduced by 60,” Letang said.
Your executive will meet on Thursday, June 6, 2019 to review the situation and we are giving the government of Dominica until Tuesday, June 11, 2019, to meet our demands to call us to the negotiating table and to respond to our concerns. After June 11, 2019, we will call you again and it will not be any go slow. It is going to be something bigger, better, harder and more serious than go slow; we are going to take industrial action.
Thomas Letang: General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU)
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