Civil servants vote to end strike

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Civil Servants were returning to their jobs on Tuesday after voting on Monday to end a near three week strike in support of demands for higher wages.
Their decision to end the strike will also allow their union – the Civil Service Association (CSA) to return to the bargaining table with the government negotiating team (GNT) that had earlier indicated it would not be prepared to resume negotiations until the workers end their crippling strike action.
CSA president Mary Issac said the vote was taken especially in light of new proposals submitted by the union, including a measure aimed at bringing its membership on par with other member unions of the Trade Union Federation (TUF) that have received undisclosed allowances in accepting the government’s four per cent wage offer.