Daily-paid workers of the Port of Spain City Corporation are finally set to receive their back pay.
The Amalgamated Workers Union, in a Newsday report, stated that the backpay is expected by May 31st.
The union’s general secretary Cassandra Tommy, said, “This was supposed to be paid a very long time now. We were the first union to sign off on the four per cent (offer). Why should the government pay eight months later?”
She told the media house that she is hoping the government “sticks to its word, because your word is your honour.
“We have it here in black and white that we should get our back pay no later than May 31, 2023.
“There is a sense of relief for our membership.”
She said there are currently 1,500 daily-paid workers under the union.
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