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NTUCB Backs UBFSU’s Call for 9% Salary Increase

NTUCB Backs UBFSU’s Call for 9% Salary Increase

The National Trade Union Congress of Belize is throwing its support behind the University of Belize Faculty and Staff Union, as the call for a long-overdue salary increase grows louder. UBFSU says its members haven’t seen a raise in over a decade, and that’s making it harder to keep and attract quality lecturers. NTUCB President Ella Waight says it’s time those educators are fairly compensated for the work they do.

 

Ella Waight

                              Ella Waight

Ella Waight, President, NTUCB

“I have been checking my email constantly and I have not seen a response from any of the parties that were invited. But we are hoping that there will be a meeting soon. We are hoping to meet very soon, because this matter is important. We don’t want an impasse at the university, and it leads to some kind of serious industrial action. That is not what we want to be the result of this. We want to see that the university and union get around the table and start serious dialogue about how our members can get their salary adjustment. Having the lecturers that teach our young people that this country matters and that workers matters, not getting a salary adjustment for over ten years is not logical. It is not fair, feasible. According to the acting president, we are having a brain drain at the university. What will happen when we have no one that wants to stay at the university. Where will we send our young people. We can’t send them to the private institutions. Form the fact that we call to our national university, everyone should be concerned and should want to assist in ensuring we retain these lecturers because they are very good lecturers and would retain the national university the standard it should be an elevate it to be a better university and that can only be done if we have our lecturers fully compensated for the work they do.”

 

But the big question now is — will the Minister of Education agree to meet with the union this Thursday? We’ll be watching.

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