Guyanese Public Servants are by no means unique in their view salary levels afforded them by government and frequently fall short of the cost of living; State employees in sister CARICOM country Trinidad and Tobago would appear to be bedfellows in that regard.
A story published in last Saturday’s issue of the Trinidad Guardian would appear to have telegraphed the intention of Public Servants to reject the state’s offer of a 4 per cent salary increase according to a report published in last Saturday’s issue of the Trinidad Guardian.
The rejection of the state’s offer, according to The Guardian report states that accepting the Government’s 4 per cent offer for some public servants is not an option,” the pronouncement coming in the wake of what The Guardian report describes a circumstance in which “increasing inflation and economic climate will erode workers’ purchasing power.”