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Contract workers attached to the Special Projects Unit of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure staged a protest action yesterday. The protest was in light of workers not being able to benefit from the 1% to 10% retroactive increase for public servants.The workers said that while they did not benefit from the $50,000 bonus offered to public servants last year,Evan Engram Jersey, they had no problem getting their retroactive increase last year. Another contract worker said, at a meeting earlier in the year with Ministers David Patterson and Annette Ferguson,Throwback Jerseys, a promise was made to take workers off of contracts and integrate them into the public service system.“Contract or contract not,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, last year we got our money. Our money should be here,” a worker explained.The workers claimed that they have completed considerable work throughout the city. They said that 60% of the potholes in the city have been fixed. Many of the city streets have been rehabilitated; the road signs have all been repainted, bridges repaired. The men said that weeding of parapets fall under their duties.Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Annette Ferguson, said that the ministry plans to have the contract workers attached to the special project unit,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, transferred to the public service system. This, she added, will take some time.In relation to the current retroactive increases, the minister said the finance department at the ministry,Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys, made up the payment for the workers, but it would be up to the Ministry of Finance to decide on the payments.However, she was working to have the issue resolved by last night. |
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