President of the Guyana Public Service Union Patrick Yarde has said that state-funded projects offering income-generating pursuits for public servants could be a possible option in circumstances where government, over the years, has failed to get around the issue of less than adequate wages and salaries for its employees.
“It could certainly be a workable idea that might help to respond to the problem of wage and salary levels that have long failed to keep with the cost of living,” Yarde said, adding that he believes that President David Granger’s ambition of a more efficient public service might even be realized “if we can find practical ways of addressing the remuneration issue.”
Stabroek Business has seen a copy of a May 25, 2015 document directed to Finance Minister Winston Jordan containing the union’s proposals for the government’s 2015 budget which outlines a range of business ventures for public servants designed to serve as