Civil Servants salary cuts sparks heavy discussion with unions and COM. | SMN Newsp

PHILIPSBURG:— The Council of Ministers are depending on the various unions to support them in the planned salary cuts for civil servants announced Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion and Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs.
Minister Irion said that he is of the opinion that the meeting with Council of Ministers and unions went well even though the unions expressed concerns about the proposed salary cuts as they battle to keep the country afloat post COVID-19. Irion said civil servants that are earning NAF4,000.00 monthly will not be losing anything as the government will not touch their salaries or their vacation

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