The Grenada Public Workers’ Union (GPWU) is very concerned with the Government of Grenada’s conduct, vis-a-vis honouring the court judgment on the pension dated March 29, 2022. Since the March 29 Judgment, there have been three separate pieces of correspondence in the month of May from our Attorneys to the Government of Grenada. These correspondence succinctly requested data in regard to the Government’s liability to the workers and for the Government to immediately start paying new retirees, as a demonstration of good faith and sound jurisprudence.
To date [June 7], neither our union nor our lawyers have received a time sensitive commitment from the Government of Grenada on paying pension or honoring the court ruling. Conversely, the union has gotten wind of declarations on the political platform by senior members of the ruling administration of an intent to pay the said pension. The GPWU would like to strongly advise its members, that our organization does not accept these declarations as truthful or professional. We await official correspondence, either through our legal representative or directly from the administration in relation to any action taken stemming from the court judgment.
The Grenada Public Workers’ Union is keenly aware of the broken treaty or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of 2018 and will not allow our workers to be sacrificed at the altar of political expediency. We are therefore calling on government to immediately certify its declarations professionally, by communicating to the relevant parties regarding this extremely serious matter. In this vein, the Grenada Public Workers’ Union is asking its members to be on high alert in the coming days as we keep you updated on new developments both from government and your union on this critically important issue.
In unity success is assured.
Brian Grimes
President