Plugging the hole - $6b gap in Budget to be filled with more

[1of1]

not true, salary freeze for majority of public sector workers, we were due an increase in the second year based on the mou but were told not gonna happen , the thing is the teachers an nurses been on hold even before that

[1of1]

didn't parliamentarians get an increase

[1of1]

that was the plan, but reality check , more things change the more they stay the same

[Assasin]

No Bruce cut his own salary and ask others to cut.

[1of1]

yuh going to have to mek some redundant, dat nuh cheap in the short term still

[1of1]

no he did not cut his salary he chose not to take his increase thats a big difference, everybody else take theirs, kudos to him though

[Assasin]

let's not argue about it.
Read for yourself

Prime Minister of Jamaica cuts pay - To give up 15% from his pocket - Asks MPs to forego 10% - Wage freeze on public sector

Published: Monday | April 6, 2009


Golding
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has pledged to take a 15 per cent pay cut and called on his colleague members of parliament to sacrifice 10 per cent of their salaries as the Government prepares to table what promises to be one of the most difficult budgets in recent memory. In an address to the nation last night, Golding reiterated that the Government had been forced to take tough decisions as it crafted the 2009-2010 Budget within the atmosphere of a global economic meltdown

[Assasin]

no option is cheap in the short term especially with the bandit unions. The redunancies are not cheap either.

[1of1]

no sir it is not that they are incompetent they know whats up , as politicians in this country have shaped it and molded it as such, hence they are aware of the dangers of social upheaval, which is not good for the country either

[1of1]

why do you bash the unions?

[1of1]

ok my bad

[Lazie]

why do you bash the unions?

1of1 ..I recall years ago when I was doing an International Business course, and we were looking at factors that prevent FDIs and the first on the list was unions being too militant and because of the Jamaican unions I fully understood.

My wife had to work for years without a contract, my sister in law had to take a salary cut ... could that happen in Jamaica?

The unions in Jamaica are more disruptive than anything else. How many times Air Jamaica have problems because of trivial issues?

[Assasin]

i bash the unions for numerous reasons.

Unions should not be direct arms of political parties. They need a lot more independence.

The union in Jamaica have no idea what productivity is don't demand results from their workers.

the easiest thing for the union to do is block and delay work and lock up buisness place which cause lost for their worker.

They oppose very redundancy and don't provide no real training for their workers.

The unions in Ja need to read up on unions in Germany and see how they work for the a better, more productive workforce.

[Assasin]

No problem

[Plush]

You si because mi guh a school, noboady caan come tek mi fi ediat. Assasin and Lazie, stop unuh foolishness. Stop let headlines media frenzy fool unuh. I'm a numbers man suh mi look below the headlines for the details. So get out your calculators.

1) Government is yet to do layoffs - no redundancy payments
2) They had salary cuts and freezes...-no increases
3) Minister Shaw, who was speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House today (Sept. 23), explained that the Government has had "to accommodate an additional $16 billion in interest costs, as well as close to $1 billion additionally, in terms of public sector wages."

Now does that math add up..question to you, the geniuses on the forum