Pub­lic ser­vants are de­mand­ing that Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion (PSA) pres­i­dent Wat­son Duke step down.They al­so want Duke to ex­plain why he signed an agree­ment for a five per cent wage in­crease.The mem­bers are call­ing for Duke, first vice-pres­i­dent Christo­pher Joe­field and act­ing gen­er­al sec­re­tary Nixon Cal­len­der step down.Ex­press­ing their anger and feel­ings of be­tray­al, some 30 pub­lic ser­vants gath­ered out­side of the PSA head of­fice, Aber­crom­by Street, Port-of-Spain, yes­ter­day, de­mand­ing that Duke quit.They car­ried plac­ards read­ing "Duke must go," "Duke be­trayed pub­lic ser­vants" and "PSA gone mad."Cal­len­der told the me­dia the en­tire in­ci­dent was "quite un­for­tu­nate."

Goodridge-George want­ed to know what made last week's five per cent of­fer so much bet­ter than the five per cent first of­fered on March 1 by Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer Stephanie Lewis.She said pub­lic ser­vants felt ex­treme­ly be­trayed by Duke and his ex­ec­u­tive since they were not con­sult­ed about Duke's plans to sign for five per cent.Goodridge-George said she failed to see the ben­e­fits of the five per cent since their Na­tion­al In­sur­ance (NIS) and pen­sion plan pay­ments had in­creased.She said pub­lic ser­vants want­ed to why they now had to pay $140 for in­sur­ance from M&M In­sur­ance.Goodridge-George slammed the hous­ing deal, say­ing, "When you get the house, how you pay­ing for it?"Su­san Ri­vas said they would be protest­ing again on Thurs­day and en­cour­aged all pub­lic ser­vants up­set by the deal to join them.