More than 50 part-time workers of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) plan to go on strike from Monday to force management to make a determination on the payment of increase in salaries.Chairman of the Board of Governors Major General (Ret’d) Norman McLean, had written the Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, pointing out that the increases were needed in order to keep the staff on board. The part-time staff conduct evening classes offered by the institute. The last increase in salaries was given nine years ago.According to sources,China Jerseys Cheap, the staff association wrote the Board of Governors one year ago calling for an increase.The staff and the board met with the Minister on September 28 last year, and learnt that they would have an answer by the end of October. However,Authentic NBA Store, nothing happened.On January 7,NFL Jerseys China, last, Major General McLean again met with the staff and promised a follow-up,Wholesale UK NBA Jerseys, but they failed to get a word. On January 21, the staff gave notice that they were withdrawing their services in protest, but they were told to hold on to the end of this month.However, they are not prepared to do so any longer and plan to withdraw their services from Monday.Major General McLean, in his letter to the Minister of Education, pointed out that the Institute faced difficulties to recruit and retain some key personnel at the Institute and submitted the Board’s recommendation for an increase on hourly pay at the Institute. This increase amounted to almost double the current rate.For non-graduate lecturers, the present rate is $500; the recommended increase is $1,000.Over the past two years,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the GTI has been experiencing serious problems with the recruiting and the retaining of part-time staff. Several applicants for the vacant positions of technicians,Cheap Nike Basketball Jerseys, clerks, librarians and labourers have refused to take up employment once they know what the salary is.McLean pointed out to the Education Minister that those who choose to be employed quit shortly after for better pay elsewhere. As a result,Wholesale China Jerseys, certain subjects are no longer taught due to the severe lack of competent teaching personnel. Some classes are currently conducted by junior technicians who are unqualified and lack the adequate teaching skills.McLean said the recommended rates of increase are in keeping with the current salaries paid to the various categories of staff, taking into consideration the increments on salaries given to full-time employees since 2000 when the part-time was last reviewed.The Board made the recommendation to the Minister with the hope that it would have been approved for the new academic year, which started in September, 2009.
