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Letter to the Jamaica Observer editor – Friday, May 15, 2009 By Mark Bennett Re: police wage talks Dear Editor, Recently a number of people, some obviously partisan, have come out swinging at the leadership of the Police Federation and the police force in general for their seemingly irresponsible stance regarding their salary negotiations with [...]

The Jamaica Police Federation met yesterday, and decided against staging sick-outs and other types of industrial action in their on-going wage dispute with the Government. The Federation says that its members will not jeopardize the security of the nation by staging industrial action in their push for better wages. Chairman of the Federation, Sergeant Raymond [...]

Special constables, who are represented by the Island Special Constabulary Force Association, are taking the Government to court over its decision to freeze wages for the 2009/10 fiscal year. They, along with the members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force have been asking the Government to honor a wage and fringe benefits agreement that was inked [...]

Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Tuesday, May 12, 2009 From Sean Palmer – seantae_1999@yahoo.com Re: Restraint Needed By The Police Dear Editor, As a former police officer, I am in solidarity with my former colleagues in their disagreement on being blanketed with the wage freeze affecting all members of the public service. I [...]

Today’s Gleaner newspaper cartoon by Las May speaks to recent salvos fired by the Government and various groups representing the island’s police force in the on-going wage discussions, but particularly with regard to Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s recent statement that he will not be bullied by the island’s police groups.