The Unions vs The Government – How will wage talks affect consumers?

June 6th, 2011

In this corner we have the challengers and in that corner we have the champions.  I will let you decide which groups are in those respective corners.     In this writer’s humble opinion, it is the average Jamaican who suffers regardless of the outcome. If the public sector workers get their demands then the [...]

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‘Blood From Stone’

September 15th, 2010

I have always heard the expression ‘you can’t get blood from stone’. Recently it has been used to describe the Government stance on its inability to pay outstanding amounts to the country’s public sector workers. So when the announcement was made that the nurses will be paid, I wondered if we the consumers will suffer. The [...]

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