A mass demonstration by unpaid employees at the headquarters of the Ministry of Works has pushed the government agency to confirm it is moving forward with processing long-overdue payments to its staff. The protest, held on the morning of July 28 outside the ministry’s St. John’s Street office, brought together scores of workers demanding months and even years of unpaid wages and overtime compensation. In an act of solidarity, government truck drivers joined the demonstration, which resulted in significant traffic gridlock across the surrounding district, disrupting daily commutes and local business activity for several hours. In an interview with reporter George Wehner, union shop steward Mr. Peters outlined the full scope of the pay crisis affecting ministry employees. He revealed that some frontline workers have not received overtime pay they earned dating all the way back to 2014, while newer hires who joined the ministry’s workforce in April have yet to receive any wages at all for their work over the past three months. “We want our money — all our money,” Peters stated firmly, adding that the protesting employees had made the decision to halt all work until every cent of their owed compensation is disbursed. In an official response issued after the demonstration, the Ministry of Works said that its management team is “fully engaged” in finalizing the processing of all outstanding payments. The agency noted that bureaucratic processes to resolve the pay issue have been moving forward since initial inquiries were first raised by staff on July 14. “The Ministry assures that every effort is being expended to resolve this matter to the satisfaction of our hardworking staff as soon as possible,” the official statement read. The ministry also expressed its gratitude to employees for their ongoing public service and reaffirmed its commitment to supporting staff as it executes its core mandate of transforming the country’s public infrastructure network. Notably, the official statement did not include a specific timeline or firm date by which all outstanding payments would be completed, leaving many workers still uncertain about when they will receive the money they are owed.