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SOCIAl" PREMIUMS Ihe boord of lhe WJIU hod inuited o number of guesls ffom qb'rood lo shcre In l, D$crtminctlcfi in the Pro' cedure of oppeol belween llae leochets 6ird the civil servdnls. ST. LUCIA TEACHERS GO 0N glRf(t For ihe yeor 2OO9 \he AC'vl A$/W p{enti!'rn percer''oq€ wrll be 1{9g 'h;: rs ihc sone ct ,"' ZOO6 The e'nPtoYe r;l onV l.5qi O''rJ lraF enlOi!) - be wrtt po), 5.5qc. ;he -:x il.,n' o?erii,r-' i"6PmP + '' AO r/Aww hos bee" 'o seo in- 2009 io NA' '.: 5:: ' nOt lttilirl' NAl '? i'l-' Those leochqls eornrng c veoilv \olo1 oi \qr ;" :44 )' .,i.ig *lrt obv I ^'cxir'-n cf Nli- loese t
St Lucio Tecchen Union, dent of the SLTU, Julion rose reveoled lhoi ofter rosino o defenol, governi indicoied thol the Union d slorl neootions for 2010 ediotely,. -something - lhe WITU HAS MEETING n prez sord wos oul ol lne ilion. WITH NEW EDUCATION COMIvIISSIONER :hers were riled up qt the W|fU's reouest for o meet- rnl . emergency meetino wilh new Commissioner of ond nol lust Decouse or Educotion William Marlin wos issue regbrding their sol- oronted. The meelina wos ncreose. 50me expresseo Eeld on Fridov. July lO. 2009 cern obouf the sfotus of oi 10:30om. After o bumpy Lqbour Code. stort, where the presence of the Heod of the Educolion re end of Mondoy's teoch- Deoortmeni wos obiected 1o bv C. Elshot. the-meeiino went oheod. The 13-poinl oSendo included. . omong NEW LABOUR POLICY The Chomber of Lobour Unions colled on ihe cobinet of the Lt. Governor of St. Mcorlen os well os lhe Minisler of Justice Dovid . Dick lo oublish ihe "Brooks Tower Abcord," which wos sioned on Morch 2, 2007 bY th-e Minister of Juslice ond oll the Lt. Governors of the eoch islond tenitory of ihe Nethedonds Anti!les. Ai o oress conference on Wedneisdov, Julv 22' 2009 members bf thei Chomber Cloire Elshoi ond Theophilus the tssues ltsfeo tn Ints repon: Thomoson ssid thot since lhe Leaalilv ol Pvblic Educalion reviseb lobour Policy, which Sctrool Boqrd: One-veor wos implemented in Jqnuory conlrocls; Sfolus of Chodes 2009, is creoting conlusron, leopold Self School; School ihev believe thoi imPlement- for' Soeciol Educotion: inq'the Brooks Towei Accord Teachir fronsfers; Cosf of will requlote the looPholes Uvino odiusfinent ond YYffU's relotin j io foreign lobour. Recdmm-endolions. rssue. Elshot soid the unions mode q comoleie evoluoiion over the lost weeks regording FZOG ond the full ohnouncemenl from ihe SMMC. The unions immediolelv oddressed the motter wiih the Minister of Heollh, Pqrlioment, while theY olso souqht to meel with ihe Insoecioi of Public Heolih. Elshot soid ihev were mode io underslond thoi the problem between St. Moorten Medicol Cenler ond the FZOG hod been resolved since the SVB {Sociol Insurcnce Bonk) mode o poYmenl lo the SMMC while ihey oiso hove o poyment plon in Ploce. Despite this hoppening ihe SMMC hos noi i:nnouhced ihot there hos been on qgreemenl. The unionisl soid one of ln the opinion of ihe unlons. their moin objeclives vio the The commissioner felt thol the two oolicies should hove medio is to denounce onY some of the pending coses been imPlemenied log.ether tvoe of ihreots from heolth reg_ording.teochers should go since ihb objective of. ihe iore providers. "Threotening belore o.Judge so,lnol o ruF Brooks Tower- Accord is io io Wiihhold Medicore is Ii Mordoylrpefing (St I'rcbSlql rno coulo be lssueo. struciure the foreign lobour oooinsi humon righis ond force on St. Moorten. uirno the weokesl-link such emergency meeting, the os obnsioners to solve odmin- )n oresldenl, wno 15 olso w]ru rqor HAPPY wrTH Elshot soid thot insieod istrotive motters is on inhu- orincipol of ihe St Aloysius EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of revisinq the revised Polmone ioclic used bv the St. Bov Primorv School ioid: the increosbl is not there EXPLANATION ON icy in August, the lslond Moarten Medicol Ceirter." d youl stoy-,owoy from TEACHERS' AtIOWANCE Governmen-l should see io ii ool. we would undeBlond Public School teochers thoi the Brooks Tower Accord The unions olso took note ol stress thol would creote, recejved less vocoiion poy be oublished for ihe soke of stotements mode by Minister would undersiond if you this yeqr due to o "iechnicol cloritv ond thot of ihe work- of Heolih Omyro Leeflong rnot muster {he s_irength to glitch." WITU wos .not hoppy ers. who olso soid thot the oclion ioken by SMMC is o grove rm 1o school on Fnooy ons With the explonotions given The Chomber feels thot if the violoiion of humon rights. ,r. come to clinic, which to them reoordino the short- Minister of Justice wos inter- would lry lo orgcnize right chonoinq 6f the teochers' ested in chonging lhe siluo- vocofon-ollowonce. C. Elshot iion regording lobo_ur, lmmF soid the union received o orolion-ond educolion ihen resooase from the Execulive he would hove to honour ond ,lGLlSH Council ouilining the reosons AS LANGUAGE imolemenl the occord, which teochers recerveo less mon- wos signed by oll islonds. F INSTRUCTION AT ies this yeor. JBLIC SCHOOLS The oolicies in Ploce moke it e loiest concern for lhe Accordino to the leiter, which olmosi imoossible for school rion is thoi fhe boord o wos oivei to the medio. on boords io'get ieochers to fill .rblic educolion declorec in-debih invesiiootion wos criticol voconcles. 11 ls Proc- oi ihe oub:ic schools or conieid out bv ihe Finonce licollv impossible for these Moorten will.be.chonginlDeooriment ond theY discov- school bobrds to hove ieochereid on enor when dolculoters ihev bodty need to woit e longuoge oI lnslrucTlon Ir lglrsh In oll stx grooes. ing the vocotion ollowonce. outside' of lhe islond os the wo* ond residency Permits St. Moorlen wos shocked bY The enor wos fhof the ]5.3% ore orocesseo. ihe brulol deoih of ?l-veor- ne such consequence ( Windword lslonds Allowonce old Neiumbio Fleminq ond e chonge from Duich I wcis colculoied twice during lf the two policies ore brought her I $rhonih-old doug-hter in rolish - will-couse the systet the school veor 2A07-2008. tooeiher lhen the unions feel lote Oclober 2008. Neiumbio be depleied beious Accordinq fo the Finonce th6t the shortoge of leoch- wos the niece ond godchild ,me of the oositions u Deoortmelnt. thev mode o ers ond other workers would of our President C. Elshoi. R.l.P. scome unovoiloble. mistoke since the vocoiion be reguloted since workers ldition. such o huoe und( ollowonce wos integrot_ed in would-know how to regisler The WITU boord exiended rkino hod io be the new solorv scoles. Elshot ond how to demond lheir its deepesl condolences lo soid ihe letter sent bv the rights. our President Elshot. As such Execuiive Council is noi cleor, boord meetings for.Novem- ond remorked thol even if The lxecutive Council hod ber were concelled os the the lslond Government mcde decided lo withdrow the boord ond fomily memben o mistoke, lhey hove the revised policY due io the poid their respects. rioht to coneci thot misloke, increosed corifusion. b-ut noi io collecl ihe extro FAMITY TRAGEDY monies thoi were poid out. REFUSAL OI FZOG WITU member Juliei Gibson She soid bosed on whot wos token out from the 2008-2009 PTNSION CARE ond her husbond Courtney vocolion ollowonce it looks Membels of ihe Windword experienced o family frog- os if the finonce deportmeni lslonds Teochers Union (WITU): edy July 26, 2009. Six of their conected the enor'ond olso Windword lslonds Civil Servont cousins were involved in o cor iook out the extro monies Unions {WICSU/PSU} ond the occident while trovelling irom they cloim to hove poid lhe ABVO iqid ot o Press con- yeor before. ference lhot fhey hove hod New York 1o Florido eorly Sot- enough regordin! ihe FZOG urdoy morning. The Executive Council olso ond the un-ions o7e reody to indicoted to the union lhev toke oclion. They were oll expected to be will send eoch ieocher o of iheir son's wedding thol of- detoiled let!er WITU's C. Elshoi soid thot lernoon. ..exploining the reoson tor the oroslrc when ihe unions noiiced decreose in lheir vocolion thot lhe Sl. Moorten Medicol ollowonce. However, the Center (SMMC) hod soid vio Three of them died. fhe three union olons to conduci their the newspoPers thoi theY children who hove been hos- own ihvestigotion inio ihis were noi going to-occept oitolised ore oll expected lo moTler. the FZOG cords os ol June 6. iurvive, but the boy in Porficu- if the hosoiiol did not receive lqr hod been bodlY injured iis bockloq poymenis, the ond hod to remoin heovilY se- WICSU ond WITU met lo discuss woys of hondling ihe -discuss< ith 6ll educoiion siokehol s, ond ihe consequenc orouohlv qnolvsed. Wh ITU tr-red to obfoin infom >n from the deporiment is issue ihey were not for )mlng. PNA PENSION TUND :verol oublic educoiion rochers ore poying .iheir res to the oension tund ond doted for severol doYs. TheY r dote ihey ore nol oble to were not yet owore of lheir roisier into thot fund. A num- moiher's, uncle's ond couse-r of ieochers hove toughl in's deoths. St. Moorien for veors ond r 'ered doie lhey ore slill nol regwith ihe oension fund. As o resuli of the occident, the PNA hod oheody received weddino wos scoled/toned le necessory informotion down cbnsiderobly ond their nd the onlv deioil lhoi is son colled ofl his honeYmoon, rissing is the signoture of the which wos scheduled to mployer. Ine low govern- slort the following doY in St. g the pension .fund. cleorly Moorien. otes tnot leocners nove.o lhi to be in this fund. The iw is cleor ond once pre- WffU extends ils deepesf sYmriums ore being.token from polhies to the fomily. R.l.P. re leocners solones, rney rould be in the Fund.
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