School cleaners may soon be paid a minimum wage if President Bharrat Jagdeo’s words still have any weight after Monday’s elections.
The head of state reportedly made the promise at a lunch-time protest by cleaners outside the Office of the President (OP), on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, to press for higher wages given the steep cost of living.
The school custodians from various secondary schools in the city receive a salary of $18,000 per month and decided to show yesterday that they had had enough.
After the protest, a meeting was