And at around the same time that Flowers was talking to us, his sister union, the BNTU issued a press release referring to the increases as "obscene."
And just like the PSU - they say they are overworked and underpaid. President Nadia Caliz recorded a brief message to her her members:
Nadia Caliz, President, BNTU
"The BNTU has seen a number of persons who are normally paid from a public purse receiving increases as they pertain to their salaries. We have been asking for our frozen increments. We've been asking for outstanding increments. We've been asking for salary upgrades. There are a number of things pertaining to salaries that the BNTU has been asking for. The BNTU must say that in certain areas we recognize the strides that we have made and we're happy about it. But the cost of living today is not one that we can sit idly by and ignore. So every time we see certain persons being paid and our educators are suffering we are now saying to you, the governmental Belize, that the BNTU will be meeting with its affiliates and caucusing with its membership because we're getting ready to take action."
We'll keep following to see what - if anything - happens next.
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