The Public Service Workers Union has served notice for their intended strike to commence from July 19 2022 to demand a 20% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
The union is expected to join the teacher unions who are currently on strike over COLA.
However, the Nurses and Midwives Associations have also made similar calls to the government on the demand for Cost of Living Allowance that if not met they will lay-down their tools.
In a statement issued after an emergency meeting on July 8 2022, the Union catalogued a number of reasons for their demand.
“In the midst of rising cost of living, inflation currently pegged at 27.6% (with a propensity to rise further), and pending astronomical increases in utility tariffs, the economic analysis which formed the basis of our acceptance of a 1-year salary increment for the year 2022 has obviously been thrown out of gear.”
“Considering the worsening economic challenges, members of the PSWU are left with no other option but to draw attention to their economic well-being,” they explained.
