Union Leaders: Re-engaged Public Servants a Slap in the Face

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Trade unionists are sounding off and urging the Davis administration to address employees who are still awaiting confirmations.

They made the bombshell revelations as they appeared as guests of on the record with Jerome Sawyer.

Just over 400 teachers are awaiting confirmations and other payments from the government, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson.

It comes on the backdrop of the shocking revelation that nearly 500 public servants were reengaged with the public service.

Meanwhile, Bahamas Nurses Union President Muriel Lightbourne calling the reengagement a slap in the face, given a list of issues facing her members.

While appearing as a guest on on the record with host Jerome Sawyer, Lightbourne shared how around 26 nurses are still awaiting appointments from 2023.

This is especially shocking given the age-old manpower shortage in the sector, but what does that mean?

The Nurses Union President says technically those nurses are not employed with the government.

Lightbourne hit out at the government for bringing in nurses from other countries while Bahamian nurses are still waiting appointments.

But unconfirmed nurses aren’t the only ones left out.

She explains some nurses have not been paid for months.

The issues surfaced after public service minister Pia Glover-Rolle revealed in parliament that 491 public servants have been reengaged.

It was later revealed that the majority of them were in the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Glover-Rolle later explained, the issue is due to poor succession planning in the government and a failure to promote over the years.

Meanwhile, adding to these nurses are those who recently passed exams.