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Unions sound alarm over pay cut ‘by another name’ - by Kareem Smith
May 16, 2020
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Kareem Smith
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May 16, 2020
Article by
Kareem Smith
Kareem Smith
May 16, 2020
Trade union leaders have already started comparing a proposal for “forced savings” in the public sector with the eight per cent salary cuts rolled out by the Erskine Sandiford administration in 1991 as they await further details next week. General Secretary of the Unity Workers’ Union Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn and his contemporary in the
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Covid-19 is a headache, a real big headache but it should not be used as a means to full the pockets of the rich.
The Gov’t needs money to function and there are things that should be done now to start this recovery. The Gov’t should never again allow businesses to escape paying taxes to the treasury or paying employee deductions to the NIS. This is an easy fix if the Gov’t wants to fix it.
Going forward, this free university education for all should be abolished and a means teated formula should be used to make those who can afford to pay, do so.
When travelling back to school resumes, children in uniform should not be travelling free. This is a bad policy and it is not teaching these children any responsibility. School children in uniform should pay $1 to travel on public transportation. Seniors should also pay $1 to travel on public transportation.
Now is also the time to get rid of the deadweight and slackers in the public service. It cannot and must not be business as usual after covid.
The fickle tourism industry should not be the only lifeline for the survival of Barbados. Gov’t should get behind the private sector in kickstarting the numerous projects waiting in the wings to get Barbados up and running.
This is now the time for serious action and less politricking and talk.
I would not like to see any percentage of salaries in Bonds. I have a vehicle loan and groceries and utilities takes a large chump of my salary, what about those with a mortgage and a car loan and children? Disposable diapers are expensive, so too are snacks. Bottom line, the cost of living in this country is sky high and we survive how we can. We can not take a bond cut and say to our utility suppliers, take half of your fees in bonds, or take the bonds to the groceries for part payment. No, cannot work. I am a supporter of the Prime Minister as I have seen her try her best in bringing this country around from where the previous administration had taken us, but the bond thing is a mistake. She is human and humans make mistakes, but kindly rethink this for the little and middle man’s sake.