May 3, 2021 Gerald Henry As the twenty-one-day industrial action notice from the P.S.U. elapsed today, on Tuesday public officers will not be reporting to work. News Five spoke with P.S.U. President Gerald Henry about the decision to move forward with the strike.
Paul Lopez “Your members keep the government system up and running; them being out of office for an extended period, is that not of any concern to the union? How does the country function? How does the government function if you guys are out?”
Gerald Henry, President, P.S.U. “That’s the reason why strike actions are usually the very last actions that you take, being a responsible union. However, we have to take those actions when we realize we are at an impasse and the fact that we have realized that the action of the government, if we leave it as is will actually cause much more harm than we are doing right now and certainly the sacrifice is worth it. So, it is a case of whether you are going to sacrifice a few days or whether you are going to sacrifice a couple decades.”