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The National Trade Union Centre (NATUC) and the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) believe Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar can uphold her promise to preserve and expand public sector jobs.
But while the labour movement welcomed her announcement, the Employers Consultative Association (ECA) offered cautious support to the state’s ability to finance both the creation of new jobs and the conversion of contract work into permanent ones.
With an estimated $19 billion annual public sector wage bill, representing 10.2 per cent of GDP, Persad-Bissessar assured on Wednesday that she would do all she could to protect public service employment. Her comments followed claims by former finance minister Colm Imbert, who alleged that the Government had exhausted its funds and was diverting infrastructure allocations to meet salaries.
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