Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has expressed appreciation to the teachers and public servants who turned up to work despite a call from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union and the Public Service Union (PSU) to withdraw their services yesterday October 13th.
In a radio broadcast yesterday, Prime Minister Gonsalves said the number of teachers who went to school exceeded the number of teachers that stayed away, and the same can be said for employees within the Public Service.
Prime Minister Gonsalves says the turn out of the teachers, is a slap in the face for that section of the union leadership which irresponsibly went out against all advice and called the strike.
Dr. Gonsalves says he is willing to meet once again with the Executive of both Unions.
