Jamaica Signs Three-Year Public Sector Wage Deal With Unions

Jamaica's government and the country's trade union confederation signed a public sector wage agreement running to March 2028. It sets a one-off grant and two five per cent salary rises.

Scottish ministers have been accused of prioritising cuts while "sabotaging" lifeline public services in a scathing assessment of planned efficiency savings.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican State expenditure on wages and other types of remuneration fell 3.9 percent in the first half of the year to 107.2 billion meticais (1.6 billion US dollars at the current exchange rate), amid efforts to contain the public-sector wage bill, which covers more than 350,000 workers.

The Government has signalled its intention to re-establish a cap on the public sector wage bill, extending an open invitation to trade unions to help negotiate a new fiscal rule before the next round of wage talks. The proposal, made by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams on Thursday, comes three