The St. Lu­cia gov­ern­ment says it has “suc­cess­ful­ly” signed col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing agree­ments (CBAs) with sev­en of the nine pub­lic sec­tor unions and staff as­so­ci­a­tions, which will re­sult in pub­lic sec­tor work­ers re­ceiv­ing salary in­creas­es of two per cent an­nu­al­ly with­in the 2022–2025 pe­ri­od.

It said that the agree­ments will al­so cov­er the 2025–2028 pe­ri­od, with the ex­cep­tion of a three per cent in­crease in the fi­nal year of the lat­ter tri­en­ni­um.

“This agree­ment re­flects our un­wa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to our pub­lic of­fi­cers. It is a tes­ta­ment to what can be achieved through di­a­logue and mu­tu­al un­der­stand­ing,” Prime Min­is­ter Phillip J Pierre said, adding that the gov­ern­ment re­mains ded­i­cat­ed to fos­ter­ing an eq­ui­table, re­spon­sive, and pro­gres­sive pub­lic ser­vice for all St. Lu­cians.