PHILIPSBURG--Windward Islands Teachers Union's (WITU's) legal adviser will meet with the union's membership on Monday.
The meeting will be held at the WIFOL building on W.J.A. Nisbeth Road starting at 4:00pm and the union said it would be looking forward to a good turnout, because the issues to be discussed are of vital importance to teachers' welfare.
The legal representative will be speaking to the workers about the injunction the union plans to file against the government for the payment of the 3.3 per cent cost of living adjustment (COLA) for teachers as agreed by the former government in August 2010.
WITU members have rejected several offers from the government regarding the payment of the allowance and were particularly upset about the "no work, no pay" policy government said would be applied to them for meeting with their union during school hours on January 31 and February 1.
WITU President Claire Elshot told The Daily Herald on Friday that the legal adviser would give a clear indication about the focus of the court injunction. "The legal adviser will explain the process of the injunction and explain what the workers' legal rights are to meet with their unions and with respect to the 'no work, no pay' policy, as well as what they can expect with the injunction.
"Once this is clear to them and once the lawyer gets total clarity on what is required with this injunction, then we can move forward with the further steps."
Elshot said the union had met with the legal adviser on Thursday and with Education Minister Rhoda Arrindell.
Elshot said the legal adviser had pointed out a "contradiction" in the government's proposal for the payment of COLA that was signed by Windward Islands Civil Servants Union/Private Sector Union (WICSU/PSU) on Wednesday.
She said the contradiction had been pointed out to Arrindell during Thursday's meeting. "We also presented the minister with the course of action to be taken by our membership," Elshot said.
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