President of the Trinidad and Tobago Public Service Association (PSA) Watson Duke has declared an intensified war on the government in the New Year. He said he had asked public servants to stop working on January 4 and he was calling for a shutdown of the country on that day.
He said he has also asked public servants to work half day from now till then.
The Trinidad Guardian newspaper reported that Duke said he also was expecting the support of the Maxi Taxi and Taxi Drivers Associations, as well as the Public Transport Service Corporation’s bus drivers on January 4.
He added, “I expect the country to come to a halt that day. Government must understand there can be no peace until public servants get a piece of the national pie.”
He said if the 33,000 public servants did not get a salary increase there would be no investment in the country and the economy would stagnate and decay.
Duke vowed, “Whatever price we have to pay, in life or death or prison, we will continue to represent our members to the best of our interest. We are taking this to a new level next year.”
