The All Trinidad General Workers’ Trade Union (ATGWTU) has finally accepted the government’s four per cent wage increase offer.
A media release by the Office of the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) said the ATGWTU, led by Nirvan Maharaj, signed the agreement on Tuesday on behalf of the workers at the Sugarcane Feeds Centre.
Sixty-five workers, including hourly-rated, daily-rated and junior monthly paid employees, will receive the increase for the period January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2019.
Those workers will also receive an increase in meal allowances while junior monthly paid staff will also get an increase in their travelling allowance and commuted overtime allowance.
Any junior monthly paid employees or hourly and daily-rated workers who retired between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2015, will receive a one-time tax-exempted lump sum payment of $4,000.
This is the second collective agreement signed between the ATGWTU and the CPO for workers in the agricultural sector.
In December 2023, the union also accepted the offer on behalf of the employees at the Mora Valley Farm in Rio Claro.
Dindial thanked the union for its continued commitment to addressing its members’ issues and appealed to unions which have not accepted the offer to do so.