Dear Editor,

I AM deeply upset at the way the GPSU and the way they really don’t show any sympathy to the hardworking public servants who are going out to work in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Imagine risking not only your lives, but those of your loved ones to earn a living and the GPSU has not been negotiating for a risk allowance for the Public Servants. In fact, over the years, what has the GPSU done for Public Servants apart from hiking their membership fee from $1,000 to the current $2,000? Because of late, all increases in salaries and benefits were arbitrary.
Editor, I am left wondering if I am really just handing over $2,000 of my hard-earned money every month to people doing nothing, much like those on the upper end of the salary scale that is exposed daily. It is amusing that in the Public Service, junior employees are not even thrown a bone to upgrade themselves yet the managers and level heads are given an unlimited opportunity. Yet, our so-called union has not been saying a peep for years now. Maybe it’s time we had an actual union.

Regards
Amir Khan