Salary talks for civil servants today

THE JAMAICA Civil Service Association (JCSA) and the Ministry of Finance will meet at the Ministry's offices in Kingston today to continue negotiations for improvement in salaries for civil servants.

The meeting will mark the opening round of discussions for the technical working group, appointed nearly two weeks ago to look at the implications of the proposal for the civil servants' salaries to be brought up to at least 80 per cent of rates for similar posts in the private sector.

Civil servants have stepped up their demands that the Government implement the 80 per cent of market value salary proposal as part of the contract currently being negotiated.

"The technical group will be meeting to see what are the real implications and what kind of implementation schedule is required, because we are hoping to advance the process," newly-elected President of the JCSA, Wayne Jones, said.

He reiterated the JCSA's stance that the current round of salaries negotiations "has to close with an agreement" to implement the 80 per cent of market value proposal. Mr. Jones said that otherwise, "the worse could come."

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