Three econ­o­mists have warned that the Op­po­si­tion’s promise to start pub­lic sec­tor wage ne­go­ti­a­tions at no less than ten per cent might not be fi­nan­cial­ly vi­able.

Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion (PSA) pres­i­dent Fe­li­cia Thomas made the pledge on Sat­ur­day night when she spoke on a Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) plat­form in San­gre Grande.

She al­so an­nounced the par­ty’s plan to re­tain all em­ploy­ees at the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), re­ject­ing a Cab­i­net sub-com­mit­tee’s rec­om­men­da­tion to re­duce staff to tack­le cor­rup­tion, po­lit­i­cal pa­tron­age, un­ac­count­abil­i­ty, and mis­man­age­ment.