In other news, as you may have seen on this newscast, the government has launched an ad campaign targeting PSU president, Dean Flowers. The attack comes after the joint unions' rejection of GOB's proposal and their continued industrial action.
But Flowers took to Facebook to condemn the government, not just for essentially union busting, but also for using the taxpayers' money to do it. Here is a snippet of a video he posted.
Dean Flowers, President, PSU
"They have launched a taxpayer funded campaign to discredit the joint unions and personally attack my character. This government has once again weaponized state resources to spread false financial claims on the salary adjustment we seek, aiming to turn citizens against hard working public officers. They have engaged in union busting tactics that promote hatred and undermine the dignity of Belizean workers. I call on all right thinking Belizean to reject these disputable actions."
"To public officers aiding the government in these attacks, if you use your position in the press office to attack the union that is fighting for you then please do the honorable thing. Formerly renounce future benefits won by the PSU. Submit a written declaration to the financial secretary and please copy in the PSU. And that declaration should read the following, it should state that you do not wish to receive any salary adjustments, any increments, or benefits negotiated by the PSU."
"To those CEOs who support these types of division, to those CEOs who also received raises without even asking while frontline workers were suffering and continue to suffer, I call on you to show true leadership. Write to the financial secretary and please copy the PSU as well, stating that you are hereby returning your unrequested increase to fund social programs for those who genuinely need it."
"These government funded ads, these attacks simply waste thousands of public dollars on propaganda ads to preferred paid media. These government funded attacks constitute defamation."
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