Gulf emerges as crunch wage talks begin
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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Harsh memories: The 2011 strike cost hundreds of jobs
Unionists are reportedly pushing for a 15 percent hike, while government is offering four.
Yesterday evening, representatives from the public sector unions and the Department of Public Service Management, were scheduled to meet to set dates for the next round of talks.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...