{"id":13634,"date":"2018-03-20T13:58:19","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=13634"},"modified":"2018-03-20T13:58:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:58:19","slug":"jamaica-teachers-reject-latest-government-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/jamaica-teachers-reject-latest-government-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMAICA-Teachers reject latest government offer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Public sector teachers have rejected the latest offer from the Jamaica government and have mandated their union, the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) to seek a better offer.<\/p>

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A JTA statement said that the special general council meeting on Monday to discuss the latest wage offer teachers, which it did not disclose, had also mandated the JTA to communicate the decision of the teachers to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we are all aware the government made a new offer to the Jamaica Teachers Association on Friday last. There was a special general council meeting\u2026where this new offer was placed on the table. The offer was put to a vote and the majority voted to reject the current offer.<\/p>

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\u201cOur next move therefore will be that the association will write formally to the Ministry of Finance to inform them of the teachers\u2019 latest position,\u2019 said JTA president Georgia Waugh Richards.<\/p>

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Asked if teachers are willing to wait until the 2019\/2020 fiscal year for the retroactive payments if an agreement is not reached for funds to be paid this month, she replied \u201cit\u2019s not a dialogue that we\u2019ve had to say \u2018yes\u2019 they said to me they are willing to wait until that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the fact that they have rejected, I\u2019m sure they know what they are rejecting,\u201d she added.<\/p>

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The Andrew Holness government originally offered a six per cent salary increase for the 2017-2018 period and despite the teachers rejecting the offer, the government said it was going ahead to make the payments at the end of this month.<\/p>\n

The JTA had accused the government of engaging in \u201cunion busting\u201d strategies and insisted it \u201chas not agreed to any such payment plan.<\/p>

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The public school teachers have rejected a 16 per cent wage increase from the government over a four-year-period amid speculation that they could embark upon island wide industrial action in support of their demands.<\/p>

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The teachers are asking that instead of a four-year agreement, the authorities revert to two years and in addition, they want the special allowance of protective clothing be increased to $20,000 per annum, up from the current J$18,504 (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents).<\/p>\n

They also want teachers to be paid J$2,500 to mark research papers and J$2,000 per student for supervising teaching practice. The government has already rejected both demands.<\/p>\n

Last week, the teachers staged a three-day strike in support of their demands.<\/p>\n

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