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UTASA President Janette Grayson
By Prince Moore
The University of Technology Jamaica Administrative Staff Association (UTASA) says its members are restive over the administration's failure to conclude the outstanding compensation review exercise.
UTASA says a rationalisation of the salary structure to align the salaries of the administrative staff to other categories of workers across the government sector was agreed on by Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke and the President of the University of Technology in March this year.
UTASA President Janette Grayson said she was advised that after the successful implementation of the parity exercise, the review proposal would be presented to the university by April 2024.
But to date, she said, UTASA has not been able to get any definitive position from UTech's administration on when members would get the proposal in hand.
She said a meeting will be held with the association's members on Monday to decide the way forward.
"Our plans are to go home after we have concluded our meeting and we have decided how we will proceed. We plan to take our leave until we hear a timeline, a sensible timeline, from the university when we'll be getting our proposal in our hand," she maintained.
Ms. Grayson said little effort has been made by the management of the university to ensure UTASA receives the promised proposal and this has led to anger and frustration among staff members.
She added that efforts to have dialogue with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education for an explanation have so far failed.
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