PRESS RELEASE - The management of Water & Sewerage Company Inc. (WASCO) and the National Workers Union (NWU) have reached agreement on two long outstanding compensation issues:
* Compensation for dirty work undertaken by sewerage workers
* Payment of increments
Sewerage workers will receive a 10 percent “Dirty Work Premium” for the period 2010 to 2014. Increments of twelve cents per hour will be paid out to all workers for the 2010-2012 period.
It was also agreed that the retroactive payments will be staggered throughout a pay schedule starting July 25, 2014 until September 5, 2014.
A formal signing of the old contract will be done shortly.