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…says increase is “goat bite”Nurses as well as security guards at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday continued their protest to register disapproval with the government’s decision to impose a five percent increase for all public servants.During yesterday’s demonstration,Cheap Jerseys Free, the protesters said that they will embrace the Guyana Public service Union (GPSU)’s call to take their protest action to another level. “They (government) will see what we will do. They don’t care and we don’t care.”The GPHC staffers as well as government workers countrywide started their protest days after Dr. Roger Luncheon announced that public servants will get a five percent pay hike.The nurses still protesting outside the GPHC.“This is ridiculous. We are working for $35,000 a month and the government is not doing anything. Mr. President,Jerseys From China, you are in for a surprise at the next Elections,” a protester stated.He added that,Cheap NFL Jerseys, “Last Wednesday,NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap, Luncheon insisted that salaries will be paid with an increase of not more than five percent but we will not accept that.”Yesterday, nurses’ representative on the GPSU, Kempton Alexander pointed out that the bus fare from the park to the public hospital has increased by $20. “Even milk, rice, flour and everything increase but our salary wouldn’t increase.”Some of the placards read,NFL Cheap Jerseys China, “We will stand in unity and fight for our dignity”,Cheap Jerseys From China, “Time to respect nurses”, “How long we must suffer for an increase”,Wholesale China Jerseys, and “Stop throwing away tax payers’ money on Jagdeo’s friends.”The health care workers are also threatening to ‘down tools’ if the government does not agree “to take it to the negotiation table.”One senior worker at the hospital told Kaieteur News that, “This country is getting worse that is why I work hard, educate my children and send them to work in another country where they are being treated and paid better. I wouldn’t advise no young person to work in Guyana.” |
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