PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Labor Omar Ottley seemed very furious about statements made on a radio program that said the current government is busy with a political stunt when they said they did a study in order to increase the minimum wage.
Ottley said that the indexation for the year 2020 was 1 cent and this was done by the Minister of VSA who was in office at the time. The Minister said for that reason he did not mention 2020 in his indexation and he was sure that many persons in St. Maarten were not aware of the one-cent indexation. ...
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