{"id":18471,"date":"2018-08-02T20:49:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T00:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18471"},"modified":"2018-08-02T20:52:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T00:52:46","slug":"apua-utility-workers-protest-for-their-pay-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/apua-utility-workers-protest-for-their-pay-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"APUA utility workers protest for their pay increases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antigua Public Utility Authority (APUA) workers today walked off the job in protest to management’s failure to pay the salary\u00a0increases they claim are owed to them.<\/p>

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After walking off the job earlier on Thursday morning, the all men team of utility workers walked to the offices of their bargaining agent the Antigua Barbuda Workers Union.<\/p>\n

The employees want the final 2.5 per cent\u00a0paid to them on their three-year contract. They were to receive increases of\u00a0 2 per cent, 2.5 per cent and 2.5 per cent in year one, two and three respectively.<\/p>

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Instead of getting their final increase this year, the management has reportedly told staff that the increase has been placed in a thrift fund for the workers.<\/p>

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According to reports, APUA is of the view that the agreement has been misinterpreted. It is said that only a 4.5 per cent increase and a 2 per cent contribution to the fund was agreed.<\/p>\n

It is not clear what decision was taken by the workers in the end.<\/p>

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