SHAR­LENE RAM­PER­SAD

De­spite the call of the pres­i­dent of the Pub­lic Ser­vice As­so­ci­a­tion (PSA) for em­ploy­ees of the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty to stay at home to­day, there was a steady flow of work­ers com­ing in­to the com­pa­ny's Farm Road com­pound on Tues­day morn­ing.

Last Sat­ur­day (Feb­ru­ary 27th), Wat­son Duke called for em­ploy­ees of WASA to “take a day to rest, re­flect and re­set their minds on Tues­day”.

Duke cit­ed the threat of un­em­ploy­ment, fi­nan­cial in­sta­bil­i­ty brought on by pay cuts, and the re­fusal to ad­just work­ers’ salaries, as the rea­sons for the stay-at-home ac­tion.

How­ev­er, one se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer on the St Joseph com­pound said the in­flux of work­ers on Tues­day morn­ing was "nor­mal" for any work­ing day.

One dai­ly paid em­ploy­ee, who spoke to Guardian Me­dia on the con­di­tion of anonymi­ty, said he did not be­lieve the call to stay at home ap­plied to him.

He said he would not take any such ac­tion as he was fear­ful of los­ing his job.