Public Service Union (PSU) Elroy Boucher has taken issue with a comment made by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves about the number of women employed on road clean up work.
Gonsalves, while addressing journalists on August 20, said that he is happy when he sees women among workers under the government’s road cleaning programme. He went on to state that he knew that women would spend the money they earned over the period to provide for the needs of their children and family.
“There is no chance that that money going get gamble; there is no chance that that money going to be at a rum shop; there is no chance that that money is going to other pursuits which the Holy Father may not want to hear about,” Gonsalves said.
But Boucher questioned the long-term sustainability from such work. “There are a lot of women working on the road, but are the jobs that they are doing sustainable? After that road work what? And he said that they are providing for their families, but is it decent work?”
Those were the questions to be asked, according to Boucher, particularly when there was an increase in the number of women working on the road.
“The government ought to be focused on providing decent, sustainable jobs for our women,” he opined. “We as a country have to do better. This is nothing to rejoice about, that is something for us to shed tears for,” Boucher said.
“Providing sustainable work should be the priority of the government.
That is the difficulty I have with this statement”, Boucher said. Give me a better job”. (The vin)
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