Labour Min­is­ter Leroy Bap­tiste has pledged a uni­fied, de­ci­sive ap­proach to ad­dress­ing work­ers’ is­sues, promis­ing fair wage set­tle­ments, leg­isla­tive re­form, and stronger so­cial pro­tec­tion in his first Labour Day mes­sage since as­sum­ing of­fice.

Bap­tiste, the for­mer Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent, said the Gov­ern­ment would be­gin set­tling out­stand­ing wage ne­go­ti­a­tions at no less than ten per cent for the 2014 to 2019 pe­ri­od.

“This Gov­ern­ment has heard the cries of work­ers at Board of In­land Rev­enue, the Cus­toms and Ex­cise Di­vi­sion and the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty,” he said, ref­er­enc­ing de­ci­sions to halt the TTRA Act and scrap the WASA Cab­i­net Sub-Com­mit­tee re­port.