SAYING trade unions have to live with the consequences of agreements they broker at the bargaining table, Labour Minister Leory Baptiste said the Public Services Association (PSA) knew it was taking a gamble on the UNC – and it has paid off.

He made this comment while defending Minister in the Ministry of Public Utilities Clyde Elder, who has been catching flak, in some quarters, for saying trade unions who accepted a four per cent wage increase from the then PNM government, cannot now expect the same ten per cent increase the PSA got, as promised by the UNC during the general election campaign.

Last week, the PSA shook hands on a ten per cent wage increase after long and delegate negotiations at the office of the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO).