Government appears to be sending mixed signals for union negotiations, if the Civil Service is a valued arm of its performance, according a member of CTUSAB – they wonder why should Government’s staff be relegated to an ambiguous authority.

Mary Redman, while President of the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union, is part of the umbrella body representing Barbadian trade unions and staff associations – her concern is how can the Freundel Stuart regime flout legal convention with extended temporary posts and yet claim they have the employee (private or public sector) at heart.