Unions to Decide on GOB’s Latest Salary Offer

The Joint Unions Negotiating Team (JUNT) is expected to decide soon whether to accept the Government of Belize’s revised salary adjustment proposal, which includes an 8.5% increase and two frozen increments over two years.

As previously reported, Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde confirmed that the latest offer to the unions involves an increase of half a percentage to the initial rolloutof the 8.5%, which would bring it to 4.5% starting in October.

According to Caliz, the offer is split into two phases: 4.5% in October 2025 and 4% the following year, with increments scheduled for April 2026 and April 2027.

BNTU President Nadia Caliz stressed that union leaders alone cannot make the final call.

“They are giving us eight point five, whether it is four point five and four,” Caliz said. “I thought we agreed that we were going to take it to our membership and then go from there. But now that the government side went ahead to put it out there publicly, that again is a decision for our members to decide.”