The United Progressive Party (UPP) is taking credit for prodding the Gaston Browne Administration into action on the vexing issue of the minimum wage.
The Party is reliably informed that Steadroy “Cutie” Benjamin, the Minister of Labour and Attorney General, has finally moved to convene a meeting of the National Minimum Wage Advisory Committee next Friday, February 25.
UPP Political Leader Harold Lovell has been making the point that the National Minimum Wage needs to be reviewed, with the objective of increasing earnings to a “National Living Wage.”
Accordingly, the UPP promised that, upon assuming office, it would embark on the long-overdue assessment and, with the employer-organisations and unions, arrive at a fair and viable “living wage.”
This, Lovell has said, is the right thing to do, given the significant increase in the cost of living and, in particular, in food prices, which is driving poor families into deeper poverty and challenging the middle class.
Lovell notes that the last review of wages was undertaken by the UPP in 2013, but that it took the Browne Administration two years to implement the Committee’s recommendations.
At present, he says, the minimum wage stands at $8.20 an hour, which he declares is “simply not acceptable in 2022.”
Lovell is gratified to see that his “points have finally penetrated the indifference of the Labour Minister and Gaston Browne,” and says the UPP looks forward to speedy results.
“We are the ‘People First’ Party,” Lovell says. “And if it means that we are the ones who have to feed this Government with ideas that redound to the people’s benefit, so let it be.
“It goes to prove, without a doubt, that the UPP is the right choice.”
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ANR really overdoing now- twisting ever dawn thing trying to make UPP sound relevant.
They are not.
ANR just need to stop trying to follow Observer.
So, in order to lower prices, he proposes to pay people to not work. Who is going to pay for that? Sounds great but it doesn’t work. We need equality of opportunity not equality of outcomes.
Perhaps if 70 million was not wasted on the ebooks this government ( hater of poor people) would have had money.
Perhaps if the 5.7 million was not wasted on the invisible cement plant that had inflated prices, this government would have had money to help poor people
Perhaps if money wasn’t given to comrades for quarries and sell back schemes, this government would have money
Perhaps if the government didn’t give out concessions to YIDA and WISEZ for life, they would have money.
@anna salome
UPP did all what you said. Why UPP was BOOTED out of office so OVERWHELMINGLY and will be again in 2023.
Notes From A Native Son Of The Rock! “The Afrocentric method considers that no phenomena can be apprehended adequately without locating it first. A phenom must be studied and analyzed in relationship to psychological time and space. It must always be located. This is the only way to investigate the complex interrelationships of science and art, design and execution, creation and maintenance, generation and tradition, and other areas bypassed by theory.” Dr. Molefi Asante, Afrocentricity, The Theory of Social Change!
Friends Country WoMen Rastas, What is a “Living Wage!” How is it defined! It ought not to be confused with “Minimum Wage!” Is there a country where the “Living Wage” and the “Minimum Wage” have reached parity! That is an area which each elector should address to the elected and those seeking to be elected! “We have to work at decolonizing our mentality and achieving happiness within the limits of sacrifice we should be willing to make. … We must learn to live the African Antigua and Barbuda way. It’s the only way to live in freedom and with dignity.” ― Capitaine Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara, The Upright Man, Burkinabé revolutionary, and pan-Africanist President of Burkina Faso 1983 assassinated 1987!
A Living Wage has been defined internationally as the hourly amount that each of two working parents (repeat each of two working parents) with two young children must earn to meet their basic expenses (including rent, child care, food and transportation) once government taxes, credits, deductions and subsidies are taken into account! It does not include debt repayment or savings for future plans! To put it as bluntly as possible the Living Wage is the wage equivalent to the poverty line for a family of four!
So Now come, here comes the “Nattering Nabobs of Negativism”, the “Pu$illanimou$ Pu$$yfooter$” and the “Vicars of Vacillation” trotting out a broken nag and tired trope! Clearly no one discussed this with the Economists Par Excellence resident amongst the People of African Descent! “The Afrocentric method considers phenomena to be diverse, dynamic, and in motion and therefore it is necessary for a person to accurately note and record the location of phenomena even in the midst of fluctuations. This means that the investigator must know where he or she is standing in the process.” – Asante!
Some say that Most Antiguans and Barbudans see the USA as the Gold Standard hence that will be the Baseline in US Dollars:
USA $7.25 / hour $290.00 / 40-hr week $15,080.00 / year!
Antigua and Barbuda $3.04 / hour $121.60 / 40-hr week $6,323.20 / year!
For all others you can do the Math extensions!
Barbados $3.13 / hour! Belize $1.65 / hour
Dominica $1.50 / hour! Dominican Republic $0.72 / hour!
Grenada $3.15 / hour! Guyana $1.22 / hour!
Haiti $0.40 / hour! Jamaica $2.02 / hour!
Saint Kitts and Nevis $3.33 / hour! Saint. Lucia $0.61 / hour!
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $2.20 / hour! Suriname $1.92 /hour!
Trinidad and Tobago $2.22 / hour!
Many will be surprised at the Saint. Lucia data so here is something to steady the heart rate! Valid on February 2022 Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2013!
This amount is in East Caribbean Dollar! Office clerk EC$300.00 /month!
Saint Lucia Governments have struggled over the years to establish a minimum wage! When will that happen! It’s the North Atlantic s Buccaneer, Privateer and Western Monopoly Capital Market Place!
Raising an Issue without proposing a Strategy and Game Plan to reach a stated Objective is not only being Disingenuous but being Cynical and Insincere! “Now that they have fulfilled their historic mission of bringing the bourgeoisie to power, they are firmly asked to withdraw so that the bourgeoisie can quietly fulfill its own mission. We have seen, however, that the national bourgeoisie of the underdeveloped countries is incapable of fulfilling any kind of mission. After a few years the disintegration of the party becomes clear and any observer, however superficial, can see for himself that the only role of the former party, now reduced to a skeleton, is to immobilize the people. The very same party, which during the liberation struggle became the focus of the entire nation, now decomposes. The current behavior of the intellectuals, who on the eve of independence had rallied around the party, is proof that such a rally at the time served no other purpose than to have their share of the independence cake. The party becomes a tool for individual advancement.” ― Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth!
St. Lucia numbers cannot be correct. Who can survive on that?
Yesterday Mrs Wickham came out of her MARITAL BED in Barbados and basically said that Lovell is bad for the UPP. As the opinion was not in their favor Tabor on on the disturber (as expected) tries to discredit Mrs Wickham’s opinion.
While Mrs Wickham didnt say so in so many ways it is obvious that we are dealing with a flushable waste!!!
You are one homophobic bastard. Do not disrespect Mr. Wickham with your homophobic slurs. How easy it is for you to denigrate and mock other people for no good reason. You are a disgrace of a human being. Worse than dog faeces.
Ha ha…have you on the ropes lol lol….that pressure must be elevated…I suspect you wanted Mrs Wickham first.
And who the hell is Mrs Wickham. I will tell you. A man paid by Gaston Browne. YAWN!
The UPP LEADS THE WAY AGAIN
Remember how the same people on this page criticised the UPP RE the CIP. The same CIP that the ABLP was against while the ABLP wAs in opposition.
Think back to Max Hurst marching up and down shouting: ” My passport not for sale”.
Yet, it is the same CIP that gave this ABLP 2 billion dollars. Two BILLION dollars that was wasted. WASTED ON GHOST CEMETERIES, NO FLY BARBUDA AIRWAYS. WHERE THE REST OF THE MOMEY GORN.
The UPP LED THE ON THAT. The ABLP FOLLOWED
Outstanding UPP, putting Antiguans first 👏 in the workplace instead of giving freebies to illegals – YOU’VE GOT MY VOTE …
I believe the quote is that Lovell is a “SPENT FORCE” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lovell been in Politics longer than Wilmoth Daniel STRIPPER POLE BUS 🚌 and has LOST MORE ELECTIONS THAN HE HAS WON.
As for Jamale Pringle “he has come a long way and has an even longer way to go” before he can be taken seriously 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He first needs to be enrolled in an English class. Teach him the basics of sentence construction.
I listened to Peter Wickam on Observer AM yesterday with Darren Matthew Ward. Peter Wickam stated exactly what I have been touting for months. UPP needs LEADERSHIP and there is NO ONE of Their Candidates fit that position. UPP does NOT have any faith in Jamale Pringle. UPP CANNOT go into election 2023 with Their current slate. I know the truth hurts. UPP learn something from what Peter Wickam stated.
Peter Wickam move to the HEAD of the class. UPP and Harold Lovell are finished. UPP needs to REBRAND which will take 20 years. Also UPP needs to get rid of Their BAGGAGE as follows.
SHEFIELD BOWEN
SERPENT
GLADYS POTTER
FRANZ
Stop Ian ( MAGIC) HUGHES from speaking on behalf of the UPP.
You forgot to mention that the PRIVY COUNCIL said that the second most senior ABLP official has a case to answer.
You forgot to mention the question that ASOT posed to the pm: ” Sir, please explain your sudden wealth.
Yes, the MP was acquitted. We are still waiting on him to say who tried to bribe him.
Whatever happened to the Customs auction money
Was it a comrade that forged the PRIME Minister’s signature?
Who really killed Nigel Christian?
Poor Cornel Benjamin! Will he ever get justice! If not, why not?
A couch! A blood stain
@anna salome
ana salome ..You are all over the place. Hope you are well paid. I believe the BLUE KOOLAID has DAMAGED your BRAIN.
Does it bother you? Get over it
@GARP I believe it is fear why you think UPP should get rid of the names you mentioned.
MURDERER , MOLESTATION , UNEDUCATED , UNEMPLOYED.Hope I answered your question. Let me know if you require more. I forget to mention SAEN BIRD. This is a reply to MEMBER OF THE XRP ARMY question.
In the ABLP, there is a high official who should be charged for child molestation since he plucked his wife from the school yard
In the ABLP, there is a sitting MP who FIFA is watching. Remember the chapter in the book.
In the ABLP, a sitting MP who could tell a story of a couch and a blood stain.
Yes, the sitting MP was acquitted. What really happened in the back seat of the car.
Comrade Asot asked the question: Sir, please tell us how you acquired your wealth?
UPP is finished!!!!! Done dusted!! They are doing the last dance themselves!!!! Ask Mrs Wickham.
Are you GOD
How can I be when UPP is the God on earth. Are you prepared to know there is more than one master?
Darren was quick to remind Tabor this morning that it is the same old rhetoric UPP pushing. UPP is giving the impression they are the panacea…but guess what they are a failed experiment. #HFWL and #LLCs. Oh lord who gonna come back at me now a follow after me name Anne salomme like Tabor. Lol lol
Damani Tabor does NOT answer questions. It was very difficult to listen to Damani Tabor interview this morning with Darren Matthew Ward.
You are using the name INGRAM today.
You use so many names. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE which one to use?
anna salome ? Jackie ?
You are looking for Company. You are the Person using MULTIPLE names. ANNA SALOME how fraudulent you are !!!!
Does it bother you? Get over it
If the UPP wants to take credit for the things the ABLP is doing, because they feel that it is because of the pressure they put on the ABLP government, well then let them have the credit. It simply means that they are doing a good job in opposition. Let them stay there and keep on doing a good job. Because in government they failed miserably. So, guys and girls remain in opposition for the next 25 years. We will try you out again at that time.
SIDELINES: PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR FAT ARSE MOUTH IS.THE UPP WOULD WIN THE NEXT ELECTION.HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO WAGER US$100,000? BRING IT ON !! WHEN I WIN,I AM GIVING IT ALL TO A CHARITY IN ANTIGUA.
Keep it to give back the UPP 17 as their deposit will be lost.
Just leave with your nonsense- you don’t have 100,000 dollars – Upp dying for Campaign funds so you’d help if you had any kind of money- UPP getting 17-0
Praying for the nation. If the labour government is not thrown out of office, Antigua done, done. Lord knows they done thief so much. Bragged about them wife at 30 have substantial wealth. Bragged about how rich them and picknee be. Bragged about putting plans in place to be set for life. One labour MP saying another one having $100mill of the people’s money. The same MP saying that another government minister owns a significant number of hotels in Antigua with someone who came to Antigua with an empty suite case. Look around and see who are building the biggest mansions in Antigua and scooped all our prime lands. The government gives away our taxes in waivers to the rich and then borrow and put the country in more debt.
What is left for the people. When people say Antigua should be run by the Labour Party for another 25 years I ask them if they have children and grandchildren. I ask them if they are satisfied with the filth of St Johns and the ghettos. I ask them if Antiguans do not deserve a government that will develop our country and its people. I will say, thieves never stop stealing because it is an addiction. They never have enough.
The government of Angola in Africa, has just recover $11billion of the people’s money stolen by the previous president and his children and deposited in foreign bank accounts. Meanwhile, the people of Angola are among the poorest in the world. There are many leaders without a soul.
Today was very nice and cool. I credit the UPP for that.
Credit them for giving your granny a bigger pension AND helping her with her utility bill.
Credit them for giving school children laptops, free uniform and free school meals
Credit them for the VC Bird International AIRPORT
Credit them for the Vivian Richards Stadium
Credit them for the Mount St John Medical Center
Credit them for the new Treasury Building
Credit them for the ADOMS Building
Credit them for Five Island Secondary School
Credit them for the GATE Programme
Credit them for the National Street Lighting Programme
Credit them for adding 1,500 hotel rooms
Credit them for building clinics in Browne’s Avenue , Cedar Grove and Gray’s Farm
AND SO MUCH MORE
PLEASE BRING GASTON’S LIST OF GROUND FAKINGS.
WHAT THE ABLP IS GOOD AT IS SELF-ENRICHMENT.
AND HATING POOR BLACK PEOPLE
SOMETHING WONG HERE .. ALL THAT AND DE PEOPLE VOTED THEM OUT CONVINCINGLY, WHY DO YOU THINK THEY DID? AND PLEASE DON’T SAY THEY WERE PAID. THAT EXCUSE IS AS LAME AS ANY. CONTINUE BELIEVING THE 10 YEARS UNDER UPP WERE OUR BEST AND SEE IF YOU CAN CONVINCE THE ELECTORS WITH YOUR FALSEHOOD.. I HOPE THEY NEVER EVER GET ELECTED IN THIS COUNTRY AGAIN.. TOO DESTRUCTIVE!
They voted them out because some Antiguans are to naive and like freeness. They were promised they didn’t have to pay utilities, but they didn’t listen to the fine print. When they stopped paying, APUA threatened to disconnect. The labour government is good at handling out goodies at election time and the poor people fall for the tricks. Hope they learn their lesson.
anna salome ? Jackie ?
You are looking for Company. You are the Person using MULTIPLE names. ANNA SALOME how fraudulent you are !!!!
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