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The Con­trac­tors and Gen­er­al Work­ers Trade Union (CGW­TU) is press­ing for dis­cus­sions on a cost-of-liv­ing ad­just­ment (CO­LA) for its mem­bers, high­light­ing con­cerns that work­ers could be left at a dis­ad­van­tage if oth­er unions rene­go­ti­ate for im­proved terms.

Pres­i­dent gen­er­al Er­mine De Bique-Meade, who rep­re­sents San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion (SFCC) work­ers, yes­ter­day said the union re­mains hope­ful that any changes se­cured by oth­er unions, such as CO­LA, would al­so ben­e­fit CGW­TU mem­bers.

“What we would have liked, if they are in­tro­duc­ing CO­LA, was that we get CO­LA, but we would have asked the chief per­son­nel of­fi­cer for a side let­ter in­di­cat­ing if any oth­er union rep­re­sent­ing the same type of work­ers got any­thing su­pe­ri­or that we would al­so get it, and the CPO told us no,” De Bique-Meade said.