ROSEAU, Dominica, May 20, CMC -The Public Service Union (PSU) says public sector workers are to receive a three per cent salary increase from July 1 this year.
“For the last triennium, government will pay public officers. We have negotiated and we have concluded salary negotiations. The last year of the triennium begins on the 1st of July. So from July 1, public officers will get a three per cent salary increase,” said PSU general secretary Thomas Letang, adding that it will be for the period ending in June of 2027.
He said that the union will enter into negotiations for 2027-2030, adding “it does mean that we have to wait until the end of the financial year for us to negotiate”.
Letang made the announcement as the PSU is scheduled to hold its 13th Biennial Delegates Conference on Wednesday evening.
“So as soon as our conference will be over, we will start putting things in place for us to start negotiating. But if there is one thing we want to do this time is to make sure that we negotiate on time, because the longer you stay before negotiation is the more difficulty you encounter in negotiating”
Letang said he is expecting at least 100 delegates to attend the are expected for the conference that will be held under the theme “Investing in Ourselves, Organising for Workers’ Rights and Benefits.”
“We believe at this point people have to invest in themselves, whether you as members of the union, as employees we have to invest. We have to organise because there are so many things going on in the world. Wars, we have the effect of wars. Even in Dominica right now we are feeling the effect with the rising cost of petrol,” Letang said, adding that public sector workers are feeling the impact of these situations.
He said that the conference will be addressed by Sandra Massiah, the Sub-Regional Secretary for Public Service International.
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