Public sector unions threaten industrial action

The Council of Public Sector Unions has resolved to issue an ultimatum to the Government over outstanding entitlements and the current hefty taxation rates.

This is the direction they have opted to take after deliberations yesterday.

A demand was put to the Chief Secretary in May 2018, but the Council has not received any response to date.

These issues relate to the State Liability where the exiting or retrenched public servants have not received their final entitlements, with many of them passing without receiving the State’s contribution for their services.

The Council is now demanding that the government settle the Nambawan Super Liability by the end of August for the 6,000 plus retrenched public servants.

Failure to fulfil this demand will result in public sector unions taking industrial actions collectively after August 2018.

The Council is also calling on the government to halt reforms and redundancy exercises until the current outstanding issues are addressed.

The Council of Public Sector Unions is set to put a submission forward to the government on the current income tax of workers to relieve workers from the tax burden.

Further to this, the Council is demanding the government to honour its 3 percent pay increment commitment by the end of 2018.

(File picture of the Sir Manasupe Zurenuoc Haus)

 

Author: 
Carolyn Ure