Lawrence Achong, chairman of the essential services division of the Industrial Court, said he is not aware of what the special tribunal did or said that could be considered as forcing unions to accept the four per cent wage increase offered by the Ministry of Finance and the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO).
Members of the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) are calling for a change of adjudicators at the Industrial Court for special tribunals, a reform in the Industrial Relations Act and the way the special tribunal is constituted. They were referring to the four-per-cent wage increase proposed by Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Dr Darryl Dindial last