The umbrella body for trade unions and one of its affiliate members are urging the Government to return to the table to conclude salary negotiations for public servants.The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) and the island’s largest public sector trade union, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), want the negotiations restarted early in the New Year.In fact, CTUSAB general secretary Dennis DePeiza said given the current climate, he wanted to have those talks concluded within the first quarter of 2023.Speaking during CTUSAB’s annual end-of-year press conference at the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) headquarters in Welches, St Michael on Wednesday morning, DePeiza said Government’s tardiness in having the matter resolved is unacceptable.
It is the view of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados that the escalating level of crime and violence in Barbados needs to be…
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Someone should be held accountable for the recent Computer Science test fiasco, say leader of the Alliance Party for Progress (APP) Bishop Joseph Atherley and the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB).However, Atherley has stopped short of calling for the head of Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training Kay McConney, suggesting that a full investigation be completed before any such decision is taken.His comments came in the wake of apologies being issued by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Ministry of Education for their roles in allowing a controversial pretest to be administered to first-form students at five secondary schools, which contained inappropriate and invasive questions that included queries about the students’ sexuality and gender identity.Atherley told Barbados TODAY that the apology issued on Thursday by Chief Education Officer Dr Ramona Archer-Bradshaw was simply not enough.The former Opposition Leade