Duke sends 20 PSA workers on leave
EXCITED: Incumbent president of the Public Service Association Watson Duke. -
President of the Public Services Association (PSA) Watson Duke says he intends to improve the state of the association, beginning with sending 20 employees on mandatory vacation on Tuesday.
Speaking in a video streamed on the PSA s Facebook page, Duke said the decision to send workers on leave was in keeping with the association s collective agreement with the Banking,Insurance and General Workers Union (BIGWU) to ensure all employees use their vacation time.
Citing the agreement, he said workers were not allowed to carry over leave on a yearly basis and said he was going to clean up operations at the union by ensuring members got value for money.
PSA to the polls on Monday
MEMBERS of the Public Services Association (PSA) will go to the polls on Monday.
On Friday the lawsuit which led to the election being postponed from last month was withdrawn, paving the way for the election to be held.
But Curtis Cuffie, leader of Concerned Public Officers, one of the slates contesting the election, said the matter was “still very troubling,” since the voters’ list, which the court had deemed not satisfactory, was “still bad.”
At a virtual hearing last month, the list presented to Justice Nadia Kangaloo was said to be still not satisfactory. The PSA’s election committee had been given another week to publish a satisfactory final list before they return to court. The judge also warned, the court would get involved if the irregularities identified were not corrected.