FINANCE MINISTER Davendranath Tancoo is addressing Regional Health Authority (RHA) workers who have threatened to engage in a day of rest and reflection and stay away from work, if they do not receive the ten per cent wage increase which the UNC promised public servants during the general election campaign earlier this year.

In a news release on December 12, Tancoo said government respects the collective bargaining process and remains committed to good-faith engagement with the appropriate labour organisations.

He said, “In this regard, the government therefore calls on all recognised majority unions representing RHA employees to submit formal wage proposals directly to the RHAs, so that lawful, transparent negotiations can commence, that is guided by fiscal discipline and the State’s capacity to sustain increases.”