P.S.U. President Dean Flowers has criticized the government’s response to the joint unions’ April 22nd letter to the prime minister. Flowers described the reply, received yesterday, as sheepish and lacking any concrete information on how the government plans to address their demands. He expressed frustration, stating that the Briceño administration’s disrespect towards the unions continues. This development adds fuel to the fire ahead of Friday’s planned protest in Belmopan.
Dean Flowers, President, P.S.U.
“Last month we would have issued a joint letter to the prime minister of Belize who responded sheepishly yesterday to acknowledge receiving, that was the extent of his letter, I hereby acknowledge receiving your letter and the government negotiating team will be in touch with you, absolutely no response to the issues we raised, to the request we made, to our framework that we submitted to him as far back as November. So, the disrespect of John Briceno continues. If Stuart Leslie wants to be paid like a CEO of a fortune five hundred company, then Dean Flowers wants to be paid like an employee of a fortune five hundred company and every single public officer that I represent has the right to be paid the salary of a fortune five hundred company because we do the heavy lifting. We are the laborers of this country, not the CEOs.”
