A.P.S.S.M. President Says Supplementary Bill Can Reverse Salary Cut

Sharon Frazer

While teachers are waiting to see if their pay slips will reflect that salary deduction, on a similar front the Joint Unions are fighting to regain the ten percent salary cut for teachers and public officers, reflected in the 2021/2022 budget.  According to President of the A.P.S.S.M., Sharon Frazer, while the Bill has been passed by the upper house, the decision is reversible. President Frazer explained how a supplementary revenue allocation bill can cover the budgetary shortfalls and make up for the ten percent.

Sharon Frazer, President, A.P.S.S.M.

“In the end, the last letter that came to us was to tell us that the minister of public service was going to advise the governor general to cut salaries 12,000 and above, above 12,000 ten percent. So I want to get that straight, ten percent across the board.”

Reporter

“Including lower income earners?”

Sharon Frazer

“No, above twelve thousand dollars. So, that is the position. In terms of what is to happen if we were to be successful and they say fine. That is easy. Every day they pass supplemental budget in the house for little and nothing. They passed supplemental, so that can be solved in that form. So even if the budget has the cut in it, well not if, it has the cut in it, they can always go back and pass a supplemental budget to cover the shortfalls to make up that ten percent if we are successful.”