In the midst of its quarrel with the Government over pay increases, the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is now embroiled in a dispute with its workers over what they say is long-outstanding payments.
The placard-bearing workers, dressed in black, picketed the JTA head office on Church Street in downtown Kingston on Monday expressing frustration which has been dragging for nine years.
Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) Vice-President Rudolph Thomas issued a news release on the dispute, saying that it arose from the JTA’s failure to provide details surrounding the calculation of incremental and seniority salary increases, spanning 2017 to present.
According to Thomas, several discrepancies have been noted and clarification sought.